萧梁
Xiāo Liáng

Xiao Liang

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

梁 liáng, liang bridge

Phonosemantic compound. 氵and 木 represent the meaning and 刅 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
刅
刅 Sound component
chuāng to create
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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 Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Xin 9-23 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

粱墚樑

Remnant (0 of 1 verified)

粱

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

樑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartljangraŋ beam; bridge

說文解字

《說文》：“梁，水橋也。从木，从水，刅聲。渿，古文。”

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)

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)