聋胞
lóng​bāo

hearing-impaired person

聋 lóng deaf Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 龙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 聾.

Components

耳
耳 Meaning component
ěr ear
龙
龙 Sound component
lóng dragon

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

胞 bāo womb

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

包
包 Sound component
bāo wrap

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpæwpˤ<r>uwomb
Zhengzhangpruː
pʰruː

說文解字

兒生裹也。从肉从包。

Sources

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

聾 deaf Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.

Components

耳
耳 Meaning component
ěr ear
龍
龍 Sound component
lóng dragon

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartluwngC.rˤoŋdeaf
Zhengzhangroːŋ
Unicodelung

說文解字

無聞也。从耳龍聲。

Sources

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