珍馐美馔
zhēn​xiū​měi​zhuàn

delicacies

珍 zhēn precious

Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 㐱 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩
𤣩 Meaning component
yù jade

jade

㐱
㐱 Sound component
zhěn thick hair

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrintrə[n] precious thing

說文解字

《說文》：“珍，寶也。从玉，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)

馐 xiū delicacies Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 羞 represents the sound.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

food

羞
羞 Sound component
xiū shy, ashamed

Sources

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

美 měi beautiful

Pictograph of a person with ornamental headwear resembling sheep horns.

Components

羊
羊 Iconic component
yáng sheep

Depicts ornamental headwear resembling sheep horns.

大
大 Iconic component
dà, dài big

Used here as a pictograph of a person.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

镁鎂

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

羹

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmijX[m]rəjʔ beautiful

說文解字

《說文》：“美，甘也。从羊，从大。”

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)

馔 zhuàn feed Simplified

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

food

巽
巽 Sound component
xùn, zhuàn obedient

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

饈 delicacies Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 羞 represents the sound.

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat
羞
羞 Sound component
xiū shy, ashamed

Sources

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

饌 feed Traditional

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

food

巽
巽 Sound component
xùn, zhuàn obedient

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsɡroːnʔ
sɡrons
Unicodejrhiuɛ̀n
jrhuǎn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica