焊料
hàn​liào

solder

焊 hàn weld

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 旱 represents the sound. Simplified form of 釬.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
旱
旱 Sound component
hàn drought

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰaːnʔ
ɡaːns

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

料 liào ingredients

Depicts a ladle (斗) full of rice (米).

Components

米
米 Iconic component
mǐ rice
斗
斗 Iconic component
dòu ladle

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlewH[r]ˤew-s measure (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“料，量也。从斗，米在其中。”

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)