jìn​luán

exclusive property

jìn, jīn prohibit, forbid

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
lín forest
Meaning component
shì show

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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 2 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkimHkr[ə]m-s prohibit

說文解字

《說文》:“禁,吉凶之忌也。从示,林聲。”

Sources

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

luán, jī small lump of meat Simplified

Components

Unknown component
also
Meaning component
ròu meat

meat

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

small lump of meat Traditional

Components

Sound component
luán tie together
Meaning component
ròu meat

meat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangb·roːn
b·ronʔ

Sources

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