赵匡胤
Zhào Kuāng​yìn

Zhao Kuangyin

赵 zhào, diào surname Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

匡 kuāng, wāng correct

Components

匚
匚 Meaning component
fāng, fàng box

box

王
王 Sound component
wáng king

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

框眶筐诓哐誆

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjwangk-pʰaŋsquare basket
Zhengzhangkʰʷaŋ
Unicodekiuɑng

說文解字

飲器，筥也。从匚㞷聲。

Sources

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

胤 yìn descendant

八 represents the split between the bloodline relations. 幺 represents continuation. ⺼ represents the bloodline. All of these components convey the meaning "descendant".

Components

八
八 Iconic component
bā eight

Depicts two lines facing away from each other. Used here to represent the split between bloodline relations.

幺
幺 Iconic component
yāo tiny

Depicts a thread. Used here to represent continuation since threads are usually long.

⺼
⺼ Iconic component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉. Used here to depict bloodline.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyinH[ɢ]ə[n]-s descendants

說文解字

《說文》：“胤，子孫相承續也。从肉，从八，象其長也；从幺，象重累也。，古文胤。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.343
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

趙 surname Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrjewX[d]rewʔ(surname)
Zhengzhangl'ewʔ
Unicodedjiɛ̀u

說文解字

趨趙也。从走肖聲。

Sources

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