荷兰猪
Hé​lán​zhū

guinea pig

荷 hé lotus

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

何
何 Sound component
hé what

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

嗬

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartha[ɡ]ˤajlotus
haX[ɡ]ˤajʔcarry
Zhengzhangqʰaːls
ɡaːl
ɡaːlʔ
Unicodehɑ
hɑ̌

說文解字

芙蕖葉。从艸何聲。

Sources

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

兰 lán orchid Simplified

Simplified form of 蘭. Phonosemantic compound. 䒑 represents the meaning and 三 represents the sound.

Components

䒑
䒑 Meaning component
cǎo grass

䒑 is a component form of 艸.

二
二 Simplified component
èr two

Shorthand for the 闌 component in the traditional character 蘭.

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

烂拦栏

Sources

Character origin
Wiktionary
Readings & variants
Unicode

猪 zhū pig Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Simplified form of 豬.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

者
者 Sound component
zhě one who...

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

潴橥

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangta

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

蘭 orchid Traditional

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

闌
闌 Sound component
door screen

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 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 Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlank.rˤan orchid

說文解字

《說文》：“蘭，香艸也。从艸，闌聲。”

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)

豬 zhū pig Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 豕 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.

Components

豕
豕 Meaning component
shǐ pig
者
者 Sound component
zhě one who...

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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 Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

櫫

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrjotra pig

說文解字

《說文》：“豬，豕而三毛叢居者。从豕，者聲。”

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)