红珊瑚
hóng​shān​hú

red coral

红 hóng red Simplified

Simplified form of 紅. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

工
工 Sound component
gōng work

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

荭

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珊 shān coral

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 册 represents the sound.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
册
册 Sound component
cè book

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangslaːn
Unicodesɑn

說文解字

珊瑚，色赤，生於海，或生於山。从玉，刪省聲。

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

瑚 hú coral

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 胡 represents the sound.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
胡
胡 Sound component
hú beard

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaː
Unicodeho

說文解字

珊瑚也。从玉胡聲。

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紅 hóng red Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

工
工 Sound component
gōng work

Character Evolution

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 Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthuwnggˤoŋ pink

說文解字

《說文》：“紅，帛赤白色。从糸，工聲。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)