蜜罐
mì​guàn

comfort

蜜 mì honey

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 宓 represents the sound.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
宓
宓 Sound component
mì, fú quiet

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmjitmithoney
Zhengzhangmliɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

罐 guàn jar

Phonosemantic compound. 缶 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鑵.

Components

缶
缶 Meaning component
fǒu pottery
雚
雚 Sound component
guàn, huán heron

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːns

說文解字

《說文新附》：“罐，器也。从缶，雚聲。”

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)