街巷
jiē​xiàng

streets and alleys

街 jiē street

Phonosemantic compound. 行 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

行
行 Meaning component
xíng, háng walk
圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 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 Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkea[k]ˤre road-crossing

說文解字

《說文》：“街，四通道也。从行，圭聲。”

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)

巷 xiàng alley

Phonosemantic compound. 邑 represents the meaning and 共 represents the sound.

Components

共
共 Sound component
gòng together with
Change in sound
邑
邑 MeaningRemnant component
yì, è city

Character Evolution

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 Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

港

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthaewngHC.[g]ˤroŋ-s lane, street

說文解字

《說文》：“，里中道。，篆文。”

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)