调羹 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

Simplified form of 調. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Change in sound

调 and 周 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
调 *[d]ˤiw
周 *tiw

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

gēng, láng soup

A pleasing 美 lamb 羔 soup

Components

羔 Meaning component

gāo lamb

美 Meaning component

měi beautiful

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kæng	kˤraŋ	soup
Zhengzhang		kraːŋ
Unicode	gæng

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Change in sound

調 and 周 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
調 *[d]ˤiw
周 *tiw

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

▼ More ▲ Less

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dew	[d]ˤiw	tune (v.), adjust

說文解字

《說文》：“調，和也。从言，周聲。”

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)

调 diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

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羹 gēng, láng soup

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調 diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

gēng, láng soup

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional