盥洗盆
guàn​xǐ​pén

washbowl

盥 guàn wash

Depicts hands (𦥑) being washed by water (水) with a container (皿) at the bottom for catching water.

Components

水
水 Iconic component
shuǐ water
𦥑
𦥑 Iconic component
jú, jǔ, póu two hands

Depicts two hands.

皿
皿 Iconic component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
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

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːnʔ
koːns

說文解字

《說文》：“盥，澡手也。从、水，臨皿。《春秋傳》曰：‘奉匜沃盥。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

洗 xǐ wash

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

先
先 Sound component
xiān first
Change in sound

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsejX[s]ˤərʔ wash
senXsˤərʔ wash

說文解字

《說文》：“洗，洒足也。从水，先聲。”

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)

盆 pén basin

Phonosemantic compound. 皿 represents the meaning and 分 represents the sound.

Components

皿
皿 Meaning component
mǐn, mǐng dish
分
分 Sound component
fēn, fèn, fen divide

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

湓

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbwon[b]ˤə[n]bowl, basin
Zhengzhangbɯːn

說文解字

盎也。从皿分聲。

Sources

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