玻璃杯
bō​li​bēi

glass

玻 bō glass

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
皮
皮 Sound component
pí skin

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

璃 lí glass

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 离 represents the sound. Simplified form of 琍.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
离
离 Sound component
lí leave

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːl
rel
Unicodeliɛ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

杯 bēi cup

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
不
不 Sound component
bù, bu no
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpwojpˤə cup

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica