烂俗
làn​sú

clichéd

烂 làn rotten Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 兰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 爛.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
兰
兰 Sound component
lán orchid

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

俗 sú social customs

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 谷 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

谷
谷 Sound component
gǔ valley, ravine

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzjowks-[ɢ]ok ways, customs; vulgar

說文解字

《說文》：“俗，習也。从人，谷聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

爛 làn rotten Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 闌 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
闌
闌 Sound component
door screen

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlanH[r]ˤan-s cooked until soft

說文解字

《說文》：“爤，孰也。从火，蘭聲。燗，或从閒。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)