谷氨酸钠
gǔ'ān​suān​nà

monosodium glutamate

谷 gǔ valley, ravine Simplified

Depicts an opening (口) between two mountain streams.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts two mountain streams.

口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth

Depicts an opening between two mountain streams.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 7 verified)

欲俗裕浴峪鹆鵒

Meaning (0 of 4 verified)

豁峪谿郤

Iconic (1)

㕡

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkuwkC.qˤok valley

說文解字

《說文》：“谷，泉出通川為谷。从水半見，出於口。”

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)

氨 ān ammonia

Phonosemantic compound. 气 represents the meaning and 安 represents the sound.

Components

气
气 Meaning component
qì, qi air
安
安 Sound component
ān peaceful

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

酸 suān sour, tart

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 夋 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
夋
夋 Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartswan[s]ˤor sour

說文解字

《說文》：“酸，酢也。从酉，夋聲。關東謂酢曰酸。，籀文酸从畯。”

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)

钠 nà, ruì sodium Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 内 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鈉.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

内
内 Sound component
nèi inside

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

穀 corn Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 㱿 represents the sound.

Components

㱿
㱿 Sound component
què, hù, qiǎng to strike from above
禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkuwk[k]ˤok grain

說文解字

《說文》：“穀，續也，百穀之緫名。从禾，聲。”

Sources

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

鈉 sodium Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 内 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

内
内 Sound component
nèi inside

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnjobs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang