萧乾
Xiāo Qián

Xiao Qian

萧 xiāo common artemisia Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 肃 represents the meaning and 艹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕭.

Components

肃
肃 Sound component
sù pay respects
艹
艹 SoundMeaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

潇蟏

Sources

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

乾 qián dry

倝 is used to represent the sound. 乙 is a distinguishing stroke.

Components

倝
倝 Sound component
gàn sunrise
乙
乙 Distinguishing component
yǐ second

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkan[k]ˤar dry
gjen[g](r)ar heaven; heavenly

說文解字

《說文》：“乾，上出也。从乙。乙，物之達也。倝聲。，籀文乾。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.959-960
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

蕭 common artemisia Traditional

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

Components

肅
肅 Meaning component
sù pay respects
艹
艹 Sound component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

Character Evolution

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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

瀟蠨

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsewsˤiwArtemisia; 蕭蕭 neighing of horses
Zhengzhangsɯːw
Unicodeseu

說文解字

艾蒿也。从艸肅聲。

Sources

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