琳琅
lín​láng

jewels

琳 lín beautiful jade

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

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
林
林 Sound component
lín forest

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·rɯm
Unicodelim

說文解字

美玉也。从玉林聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

琅 láng a variety of white carnelian Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 良 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瑯.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
良
良 Sound component
liáng good

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
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 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlang[r]ˤaŋ(a kind of precious stone); 琅邪 (name of a mountain in Shāndōng)
Zhengzhangraːŋ
Unicodelɑng

說文解字

琅玕，似珠者。从玉良聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

瑯 láng kind of white cornelian Traditional

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

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
郎
郎 Sound component
láng gentleman

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang