粤港澳大湾区 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

Yuè Gǎng'ào Dàwān Qū

Greater Bay Area

yuè Guangdong and Guangxi provinces Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

gǎng port, harbor

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

巷 Sound component

xiàng alley

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kroːŋʔ
	ɡloːŋs

說文解字

《說文》：“，水派也，从水聲。”

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)

ào, aò, yù inlet

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

奧 Sound component

mysterious

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'awH	ʔˤuk-s	bay, cove

說文解字

《說文》：“澳，隈厓也。其內曰澳，其外曰隈。从水，奧聲。”

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)

dà, dài big

Depicts an adult man facing forward and standing erect. The meaning later shifted to "big".

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Meaning (9 of 21 verified)

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Iconic (21)

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Sound (6 of 11 verified)

太达夺泰驮耷奪馱忕羍旲

Simplified (4)

Unknown (0 of 2 verified)

Deleted (1)

Remnant (1)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	daH	lˤat-s (MC F!)	big
	dajH	lˤa[t]-s	big

說文解字

《說文》：“大，天大、地大、人亦大，故大象人形。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.764
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

wān bay Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 弯 represents the sound. Simplified form of 灣.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

弯 Sound component

wān bend

Sources

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

qū area Simplified

Simplified form of 區. Depicts a group of things (品) in an enclosed area.

Components

匚 Iconic component

fāng, fàng box

Depicts an enclosed area.

品 Iconic Simplified component

pǐn product

Depicts a group of things.

Component uses

Sound (1 of 14 verified)

欧驱躯枢呕殴鸥岖抠讴沤瓯怄眍

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

Sources

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

Guangdong and Guangxi provinces Traditional

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjwot	[ɢ]ʷat	generous, favorable
Zhengzhang		ɢʷad

說文解字

亏也。審愼之詞者。从亏从宷。《周書》曰：“粤三日丁亥。”

Sources

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

wān bay Traditional

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

彎 Sound component

wān bend

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		qroːn
Unicode	quan

Sources

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

qū area Traditional

Depicts a group of things (品) in an enclosed area.

Components

匚 Iconic component

fāng, fàng box

Depicts an enclosed area.

品 Iconic component

pǐn product

Depicts a group of things.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 15 verified)

驅軀嘔慪甌嶇歐鷗毆熰樞漚謳摳瞘

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'uw	qˤ(r)o	(a measure)

說文解字

《說文》：“區，踦區，藏匿也。从品在匸中。品，眾也。”

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)