纯褐鹱
chún​hè​hù

Bulwer's petrel

纯 chún pure Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 屯 represents the sound. Simplified form of 純.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

屯
屯 Sound component
tún, zhūn village

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

莼

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode

褐 hè coarse woolen cloth

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

曷
曷 Sound component
hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthat[ɢ]ˤat coarse cloth

說文解字

《說文》：“褐，編枲韤。一曰粗衣。从衣，曷聲。”

Sources

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

鹱 hù Simplified

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

蒦
蒦 Sound component
huò, wò catch, get

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

純 chún pure Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

屯
屯 Sound component
tún, zhūn village

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蒓

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzywin[d]u[n] pure, unmixed
dzywin[d]u[n] silken

說文解字

《說文》：“純，絲也。从糸，屯聲。《論語》曰：‘今也純儉。’”

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)

鸌 Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʷaːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang