艾玛纽埃尔
ài​mǎ​niǔ'āi'ěr

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艾 ài, yì, aì Chinese mugwort or wormwood

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

乂
乂 Sound component
yì, ài mow grass

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

哎砹

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngajHC.ŋˤa[t]-s Artemisia; moxa

說文解字

《說文》：“艾，冰臺也。从艸，乂聲。”

Sources

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玛 mǎ agate stone Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瑪.

Components

𤣩
𤣩 Meaning component
yù jade
马
马 Sound component
mǎ horse

Sources

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纽 niǔ knot, button Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 丑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紐.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

丑
丑 Sound component
chǒu second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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埃 āi fine dust

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

earth

矣
矣 Sound component
yǐ, xián particle of completed action

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔojqˤədust
Zhengzhangqlɯː
Unicodeqəi

說文解字

塵也。从土矣聲。

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尔 ěr you Simplified

Simplified form of 爾. Pictograph of a weapon with a sharp head and tail decorations on the end. Similar in origin to 朿. Original meaning unclear.

Character Evolution

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 Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

你弥玺迩祢

Meaning (1 of 3 verified)

你妳袮

Simplified (1)

称

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyeXn[ə][r]ʔ you(r)

說文解字

《說文》：“尒，詞之必然也。从入、丨、八，八象气之分散。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.259董蓮池《說文解字考正》p.129
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瑪 agate stone Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 馬 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩
𤣩 Meaning component
yù jade
馬
馬 Sound component
mǎ horse

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmraːʔ
Unicodemǎ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
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Zhengzhang Shangfang

紐 niǔ knot, button Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

丑
丑 Sound component
chǒu second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnrjuwXn<r>uʔ fastener

說文解字

《說文》：“紐，系也。一曰結而可解。从糸，丑聲。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

爾 ěr you Traditional

Pictograph of a weapon with a sharp head and tail decorations on the end. Similar in origin to 朿. Original meaning unclear.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

邇禰璽彌

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnejXnˤ[ə][r]ʔ numerous
nyeXn[ə][r]ʔ (adv. suffix)
nyeXn[ə][r]ʔ you(r)

說文解字

《說文》：“爾，麗爾，猶靡麗也。从冂，从，其孔；尒聲。此與爽同意。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.259董蓮池《說文解字考正》p.129
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)