砖瓦
zhuān​wǎ

bricks and tiles

砖 zhuān tile Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 专 represents the sound. Simplified form of 磚.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
专
专 Sound component
zhuān monopolize

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

瓦 wǎ earthenware

Pictograph of an object related to pottery.

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Meaning (3 of 13 verified)

瓶瓷瓮甄甑瓯瓴瓿甓甏甍甕甌

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

佤

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngwaeXC.ŋʷˤra[j]ʔ roof tile

說文解字

《說文》：“瓦，土器已燒之總名。象形。”

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)

磚 zhuān tile Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
專
專 Sound component
zhuān monopolize

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjon

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang