爱慕虚荣 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

ài love Simplified

Simplified form of 愛. Phonosemantic compound. 旡 represents the sound and 友 (friend) represents the meaning.

Components

jì choke on something eaten

Change in sound

爱 and 旡 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 旡 than it was in ancient scripts.

◎ Simplified component

characterless component

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

暧嗳嫒瑷𫣊

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Readings & variants: Unicode

mù admire, desire

Phonosemantic compound. ⺗ represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound.

Components

莫 Sound component

mò, mo do not

⺗ Meaning component

xīn heart

⺗ is a component form of 心.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	muH	(C.)mˤak-s	love; long for

說文解字

《說文》：“慕，習也。从心，莫聲。”

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)

xū void, false Simplified

Simplified form of 虛. Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the sound and 丘 represents the meaning.

Components

虍 Sound component

hū tiger

业 Simplified component

yè profession

Shorthand for the 丘 component in the traditional character 虛.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

墟嘘觑魖歔覷

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

róng flourish, glory Simplified

Simplified form of 榮. Phonosemantic compound. 𤇾 represents the sound and 木 represents the meaning.

Components

𤇾 Sound Simplified component

yìng glimmer

Change in sound

荣 and 𤇾 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
荣 hjwaeng
𤇾 hweng

木 Meaning component

mù tree

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

嵘蝾

Historical Pronunciations

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

ài love Traditional

Originally a phonosemantic compound, with 旡 representing the sound and 心 (heart) representing the meaning. Later the 夂 component was added.

Components

兂 Sound component

zān hairpin

Change in sound

愛 and 兂 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
愛 *[q]ˤə[p]-s
兂 ʔsrɯm

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 兂 than it was in ancient scripts.

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

夂 Unknown component

zhǐ, zhōng go

夂 is a component form of 止. The purpose of this component is unclear.

Character Evolution

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Sound (1 of 4 verified)

僾噯曖璦

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'ojH	[q]ˤə[p]-s	to love; to grudge (< ‘draw close to oneself’?)

說文解字

《說文》：“愛，行皃。从夊，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)

xū void, false Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the sound and 丘 represents the meaning.

Components

虍 Sound component

hū tiger

丘 Meaning component

qiū hill

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 丘 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

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噓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khjo	C.qʰ(r)a	hill, mound; abandoned city
	xjo	qʰ(r)a	empty

說文解字

《說文》：“虛，大丘也。崐崘丘謂之崐崘虛，古者九夫為井，四井為邑，四邑為丘，丘謂之虛。从丘，虍聲。”

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)

róng flourish, glory Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 𤇾 represents the sound and 木 represents the meaning.

Components

𤇾 Sound component

yìng glimmer

𤇾 is a component form of 熒.

Change in sound

榮 and 𤇾 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
榮 hjwaeng
𤇾 hweng

木 Meaning component

mù tree

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

嶸蠑

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjwaeng	[N-qʷ]reŋ	glory, honor
	hjwaeng	[N-qʷ]reŋ	榮觀 imperial palace; walls and watchtowers

說文解字

《說文》：“榮，桐木也。从木，熒省聲。一曰屋梠之兩頭起者為榮。”

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)

爱 ài love Simplified

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Sound (1 of 5 verified)

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慕 mù admire, desire

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虚 xū void, false Simplified

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荣 róng flourish, glory Simplified

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愛 ài love Traditional

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Sound (1 of 4 verified)

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說文解字

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虛 xū void, false Traditional

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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榮 róng flourish, glory Traditional

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Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 2 verified)

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說文解字

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ài love Simplified

mù admire, desire

xū void, false Simplified

róng flourish, glory Simplified

ài love Traditional

xū void, false Traditional

róng flourish, glory Traditional