英吨
Yīng​dūn

long ton

英 yīng flower

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

央
央 Sound component
yāng beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Spring and Autumn 771-476 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)

瑛

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jaengʔ<r>aŋ young grass plants

說文解字

艸榮而不實者。一曰黃英。从艸央聲。

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)

吨 dūn metric ton Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 屯 represents the sound. Simplified form of 噸.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
屯
屯 Sound component
tún, zhūn village

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰuːnʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

噸 dūn metric ton Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 頓 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
頓
頓 Sound component
dùn to bow, pause

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode