flawless gem or jewel

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
wáng king
Sound component
yú, shù surname

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglo

說文解字

瑾瑜,美玉也。从玉俞聲。

Sources

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

jiā, qié, gā transcription of sanskrit 'gha' in buddhist texts ('samgha'

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

Sound component
jiā add

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡa
ɡal
Unicodeghia

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

zōng, zong ancestor, sect

Depicts a spiritual () edifice (), like an ancestral shrine.

Components

Meaning component
mián roof
Meaning component
shì show

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 10 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsowng[ts]ˤuŋ ancestral temple

說文解字

《說文》:“宗,尊祖廟也。从宀,从示。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica