范晔
Fàn Yè

Fan Ye

范 fàn surname Fan

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 氾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 範.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

氾
氾 Sound component
fàn, fán overflow

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
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 Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjomX[b](r)omʔ (surname)
bjomX[m-pʰ](r)omʔ bee

說文解字

《說文》：“范，艸也。从艸，氾聲。”

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)

晔 yè bright Simplified

A flower 华 blooming in the sun 日

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
华
华 Meaning component
huá magnificent

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

曄 bright Traditional

A flower 華 blooming in the sun 日

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
華
華 Meaning component
huá magnificent

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷab
ɢʷɯb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica