覃塘区
Tán​táng Qū

Qintang District

覃 tán, qín, yǎn reach to

Original meaning: salt

Depicts a jug (𣆪) filled with salt (鹵), now written as 鹽. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

鹵
鹵 Iconic component
salt

Modern form looks like unrelated 覀.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 鹵 than it was in ancient scripts.
𣆪
𣆪 Iconic component
hòu a type of container

Modern form looks like unrelated 早.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𣆪 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 7 verified)

谭潭簟蕈镡罈譚

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdomN.rˤ[o]m extend, spread
yemXN-r[a]mʔ pointed, sharp

說文解字

《說文》：“，長味也。从，鹹省聲。《詩》曰：‘實覃實吁。’，古文覃。，篆文覃省。”

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)

塘 táng pond

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 唐 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
唐
唐 Sound component
táng exaggerate

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdangm.rˤaŋ
(~ *mə.rˤaŋ)		dam, dike
Zhengzhangl'aːŋ
Unicodedhɑng

說文解字

隄也。从土唐聲。

Sources

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

区 qū area Simplified

Simplified form of 區. Depicts a group of things (品) in an enclosed area.

Components

匚
匚 Iconic component
fāng, fàng box

Depicts an enclosed area.

品
品 IconicSimplified component
pǐn product

Depicts a group of things.

Component uses

Sound (1 of 14 verified)

欧驱躯枢呕殴鸥岖抠讴沤瓯怄眍

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

妪奁伛

Sources

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

區 qū area Traditional

Depicts a group of things (品) in an enclosed area.

Components

匚
匚 Iconic component
fāng, fàng box

Depicts an enclosed area.

品
品 Iconic component
pǐn product

Depicts a group of things.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 15 verified)

驅軀嘔慪甌嶇歐鷗毆熰樞漚謳摳瞘

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

嫗奩

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'uwqˤ(r)o (a measure)

說文解字

《說文》：“區，踦區，藏匿也。从品在匸中。品，眾也。”

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)