琉球海 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

liú sparkling stone

Components

wáng king

jade

liú birth

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ru
Unicode	liou

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

qiú ball

Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 求 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩 Meaning component

yù jade

𤣩 is a component form of 玉.

求 Sound component

qiú seek

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gjuw	[g](r)[u]	'ball'?

說文解字

《說文》：“球，玉聲也。从玉，求聲。璆，球或从翏。”

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)

hǎi sea

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

每 Sound component

měi every

Change in sound

海 and 每 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
海 *m̥ˤəʔ (dialect *m̥ˤ- > x-)
每 *mˤəʔ

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1)

嗨

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xojX	m̥ˤəʔ (dialect *m̥ˤ- > x-)	sea

說文解字

《說文》：“海，天池也，以納百川者。从水，每聲。”

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)

琉 liú sparkling stone

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Historical Pronunciations

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球 qiú ball

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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海 hǎi sea

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

liú sparkling stone

qiú ball

hǎi sea