聚萤映雪
jù​yíng​yìng​xuě

diligent study

聚 jù assemble

Phonosemantic compound. 乑 represents the meaning and 取 represents the sound.

Components

取
取 Sound component
qǔ take
乑
乑 Meaning component
zhòng, yín, pān people standing side-by-side

Character Evolution

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 Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

骤鄹驟

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzjuXm-tsʰoʔ bring together
dzjuHm-tsʰoʔ-s bring together

說文解字

《說文》：“聚，會也。从，取聲。邑落云聚。”

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)

萤 yíng glow-worm Simplified

Components

𤇾
𤇾 SoundSimplified component
yìng glimmer
虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sources

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

映 yìng reflect, to project

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
央
央 Sound component
yāng beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːŋʔ
qraŋs
Unicodeqiæ̀ng

說文解字

《說文新附》：“映，明也，隱也。从日，央聲。”

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)

雪 xuě snow

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 彗 represents the sound.

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
彗
彗 SoundRemnant component
huì, suì broom
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
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 2 verified)

鳕鱈

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjwet[s]ot snow

說文解字

《說文》：“，凝雨說物者。”

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)

螢 yíng glow-worm Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 𤇾 represents the sound.

Components

𤇾
𤇾 SoundMeaning component
yìng glimmer
虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwengm-qʷˤeŋ glow-worm

Sources

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