珣玗琪
xún​yú​qí

ancient jade

珣 xún name of a kind of jade

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsqʰʷin

說文解字

醫無閭珣玗琪，《周書》所謂夷玉也。从玉旬聲。一曰器，讀若宣。

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Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

玗 yú 1/2 pr stone

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king

jade

于
于 Sound component
yú at

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷa

說文解字

石之似玉者。从玉于聲。

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

琪 qí type of jade

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

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
其
其 Sound component
qí its, his, (3p possessive)

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡɯ

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica