赤藓糖醇
chì​xiǎn​táng​chún

erythritol

赤 chì red

Depicts the color of a large (大) fire (火).

Components

大
大 Meaning component
dà, dài big
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 大 than it was in ancient scripts.
火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 火 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (1 of 3 verified)

赫赭赧

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

郝赦哧

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyhek[t-qʰ](r)Ak red

說文解字

《說文》：“赤，南方色也。从大、从火。烾，古文从炎、土。”

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)

藓 xiǎn moss Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 鲜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蘚.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

鲜
鲜 Sound component
xiān, xian fresh

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

糖 táng sugar

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

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
唐
唐 Sound component
táng exaggerate

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdangC.lˤaŋ (no pre-Qín exx)sugar

說文解字

《說文新附》：“糖，飴也。从米，唐聲。”

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)

醇 chún rich

Wine 酉 fit to be savored 享

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
享
享 Meaning component
xiǎng enjoy

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdjun

說文解字

不澆酒也。从酉𦎫聲。

Sources

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

蘚 moss Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 鮮 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

鮮
鮮 Sound component
xiān, xian fresh

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsenʔ
Unicodesiɛ̌n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica