范缜
Fàn Zhěn

Fan Zhen

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)

缜 zhěn, chēn detailed Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound. Simplified form of 縝.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

真
真 Sound component
zhēn real

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

縝 detailed Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk
真
真 Sound component
zhēn real

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyinti[n] dense, fine-textured

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart