肤浅
fū​qiǎn

superficial

肤 fū skin Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 夫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 膚.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

夫
夫 Sound component
fu, fū man

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpa

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

浅 qiǎn shallow Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淺.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

戋
戋 Sound component
jiān, cán small

Sources

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

膚 fū skin Traditional

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

Components

盧
盧 SoundRemnant component
rice vessel
⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjupra skin

說文解字

《說文》：“臚，皮也。从肉，盧聲。膚，籀文臚。”

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)

淺 qiǎn shallow Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 戔 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

戔
戔 Sound component
small

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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-SagarttshjenX[tsʰ]e[n]ʔ shallow

說文解字

《說文》：“淺，不深也。从水，戔聲。”

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)