bō​li​shā

siliceous sand

glass

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
wáng king
Sound component
skin

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

glass

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
wáng king
Sound component
leave

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːl
rel
Unicodeliɛ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

shā sand

Components

Meaning component
shí stone
SoundIconic component
shǎo, shao, shào few

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsraːl
Unicodeshra

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang