红茶菌 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

hóng red Simplified

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

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

工 Sound component

gōng work

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

荭

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Readings & variants: Unicode

chá tea

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

余 Sound component

yú I

Change in sound

茶 and 余 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
茶 *lˤra
余 *la

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

搽

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drae	lˤra	(name of a plant)

Sources

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

jūn mushroom

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

plant

囷 Sound component

qūn round-shaped storage bin for grain

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gwinX	[ɡ]runʔ	mushroom
Zhengzhang		ɡonʔ
		ɡrunʔ

說文解字

地蕈也。从艸囷聲。

Sources

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

hóng red Traditional

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

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

工 Sound component

gōng work

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	huwng	gˤoŋ	pink

說文解字

《說文》：“紅，帛赤白色。从糸，工聲。”

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)

红 hóng red Simplified

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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茶 chá tea

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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菌 jūn mushroom

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說文解字

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紅 hóng red Traditional

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hóng red Simplified

chá tea

jūn mushroom

hóng red Traditional