guī​wěi

magnificent

guī extraordinary, precious stone

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

𤣩
𤣩 Meaning component
jade
Sound component
guǐ ghost

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkwoj[k]ˤuj kind of precious stone

說文解字

《說文》:“瑰,玫瑰。从玉,鬼聲。一曰圜好。”

Sources

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

wěi type of jade Simplified

Components

Meaning component
wáng king

jade

Sound component
wéi, huí tanned leather

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

type of jade Traditional

Components

Meaning component
wáng king

jade

Sound component
(surround a city), tanned leather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal 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

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷɯlʔ

Sources

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