荣宗耀祖
róng​zōng​yào​zǔ

honor ancestors

荣 róng flourish, glory Simplified

Simplified form of 榮. Phonosemantic compound. 𤇾 represents the sound and 木 represents the meaning.

Components

𤇾
𤇾 SoundSimplified component
yìng glimmer
Change in sound
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

嵘蝾

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

宗 zōng, zong ancestor, sect

Depicts a spiritual (示) edifice (宀), like an ancestral shrine.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
示
示 Meaning component
shì show

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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 (3 of 10 verified)

综崇踪棕淙鬃粽琮綜腙

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsowng[ts]ˤuŋ ancestral temple

說文解字

《說文》：“宗，尊祖廟也。从宀，从示。”

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)

耀 yào shine

Phonosemantic compound. 光 represents the meaning and 翟 represents the sound.

Components

光
光 Meaning component
guāng light
翟
翟 Sound component
dí, zhái a kind of pheasant
Change in sound

Component uses

Sound (1)

曜

Meaning (1)

曜

Remnant (1)

曜

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyewHlewk-s shine

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

祖 zǔ ancestor

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

且
且 Sound component
qiě moreover

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsuX[ts]ˤaʔancestor
Zhengzhangʔsaːʔ
Unicodetzǒ

說文解字

始廟也。从示且聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

榮 róng flourish, glory Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 𤇾 represents the sound and 木 represents the meaning.

Components

𤇾
𤇾 Sound component
yìng glimmer

𤇾 is a component form of 熒.

Change in sound
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

嶸蠑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjwaeng[N-qʷ]reŋ glory, honor
hjwaeng[N-qʷ]reŋ 榮觀 imperial palace; walls and watchtowers

說文解字

《說文》：“榮，桐木也。从木，熒省聲。一曰屋梠之兩頭起者為榮。”

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)