迪厅
dí​tīng

disco

迪 dí enlighten

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

由
由 Sound component
yóu cause
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'ɯːwɢ

說文解字

《說文》：“迪，道也。从辵，由聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

厅 tīng hall Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 廳.

Components

厂
厂 MeaningSimplified component
chǎng cliff, (roof)
丁
丁 Sound component
dīng cubes

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

廳 tīng hall Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 聽 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
聽
聽 Sound component
tīng, ting hear

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰeːŋ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica