窗帷
chuāng​wéi

curtain

窗 chuāng window

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 囱 represents the sound.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave

A window is a "hole" in the wall.

囱
囱 SoundMeaning component
cōng chimney

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrhaewngs-l̥ˤ<r>oŋ window

說文解字

《說文》：“囱，在牆曰牖，在屋曰囱。象形。窗，或从穴，，古文。”

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)

帷 wéi tent

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound.

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth
隹
隹 Sound component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwijɢʷrijcurtain
Zhengzhangɢʷril
Unicodehyui

說文解字

在㫄曰帷。从巾隹聲。

Sources

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