Hè​lǔ​xiǎo​fu

Khrushchev

hè, shì bright

Duplicate of , a bright red color.

Components

Meaning component
chì red
Meaning component
chì red

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxaekqʰˤrak red, fiery

說文解字

《說文》:“赫,火赤皃。从二赤。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

lǔ, lǚ foolish, rude Simplified

Original meaning: tasty

Simplified form of . Depicts a fish () inside the mouth (). Based on the original meaning "tasty". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

SoundIconic component
fish
Iconic component
gān sweetness

Depicts something inside the mouth.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

Sources

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

xiǎo dawn Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

fu, fū man

Pictograph of a man. The top horizontal stroke either distinguishes it from the character or depicts a hairpin, something that was only worn by adults.

Components

one
Iconic component
dà, dài big

Pictograph of a person standing up.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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
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

Component uses

Sound (1 of 9 verified)

Iconic (4)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjup(r)a man
bju[b]a this, that
bjuba final particle

說文解字

《說文》:“夫,丈夫也。从大,一以象簪也。周制以八寸為尺,十尺為丈,人長八尺,故曰丈夫。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫林志強《《文源》評注》p.2
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

foolish, rude Traditional

Original meaning: tasty

Depicts a fish () inside the mouth (). Based on the original meaning "tasty". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

SoundIconic component
fish
Iconic component
gān sweetness

Depicts something inside the mouth.


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 Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartluX[r]ˤaʔ dull, blunt, simple
luXr.ŋˤaʔ (dialect > *rŋˤ- > *rˤ- > MC l-)(place name)

說文解字

《說文》:“魯,鈍詞也。从白,鮺省聲。《論語》曰:‘參也魯。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

xiǎo dawn Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
legendary ancient emperor-sage

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxewXqʰˤewʔunderstand
Zhengzhanghŋeːwʔ
Unicodexěu

說文解字

明也。从日堯聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica