玻璃瓶
bō​li​píng

glass bottle

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

瓶 píng bottle

Phonosemantic compound. 瓦 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound. Simplified form of 缾.

Components

并
并 Sound component
bìng combine
瓦
瓦 Meaning component
wǎ earthenware

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbeng[b]ˤeŋ bottle

Sources

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