蚵仔煎
é​zǐ​jiān

oyster omelette

蚵 hé, é, kè oyster

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

mollusk

可
可 Sound component
kě able to

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːls
ɡaːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

仔 zǐ small thing

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 子 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

子
子 SoundMeaning component
zi, zǐ child

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔslɯ
ʔslɯʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“仔，克也。从人，子聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

煎 jiān fry in fat or oil

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 前 represents the sound.

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

前
前 Sound component
qián in front

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔslen
ʔslens
Unicodetziɛn

說文解字

熬也。从火前聲。

Sources

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