负翁
fù​wēng

debtor

负 fù, fu bear, carry Simplified

Simplified form of 負. Depicts a person (人) carrying shells (贝) on their back.

Components

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
贝
贝 Iconic component
bèi sea shell

Sources

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

翁 wēng old man

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 公 represents the sound.

Components

羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather
公
公 Sound component
gōng public

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

嗡蓊暡塕螉瞈

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

瞈

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔuwngqˤoŋold man (Han?)
Zhengzhangqloːŋ
Unicodequng

說文解字

頸毛也。从羽公聲。

Sources

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

負 fù, fu bear, carry Traditional

Depicts a person (人) carrying shells (貝) on their back.

Components

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
貝
貝 Iconic component
bèi sea shell

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjuwX[b]əʔ carry on the back

說文解字

《說文》：“負，恃也。从人守貝有所恃也。一曰受貸不償。”

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)