疯犹精
fēng​yóu​jīng

pro-Israel fanatic

疯 fēng crazy Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 风 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瘋.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
风
风 Sound component
fēng wind

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

犹 yóu like Simplified

Original meaning: type of monkey

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 尤 represents the sound. Simplified form of 猶. Based on the original meaning "type of monkey". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

尤
尤 Sound component
yóu especially

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

莸

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

精 jīng essence

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
青
青 Sound component
qīng green or blue

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 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-Sagarttsjengtseŋ fine rice; pure

說文解字

《說文》：“精，擇也。从米，青聲。”

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)

瘋 fēng crazy Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 風 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
風
風 Sound component
fēng wind

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangplum

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

猶 yóu like Traditional

Original meaning: type of monkey

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 酋 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of monkey". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

酋
酋 Sound component
qiú chief of tribe

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
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 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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蕕

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyuw[ɢ(r)]u still, yet
yuw[ɢ(r)]u similar

說文解字

《說文》：“猶，玃屬。从犬，酋聲。一曰隴西謂犬子為猷。”

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)