通霄镇
Tōng​xiāo​zhèn

Tongxiao Town

通 tōng, tòng pass through

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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 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 (0 of 1 verified)

嗵

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthuwngl̥ˤoŋ penetrate

說文解字

達也。从辵甬聲。

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)

霄 xiāo, xiào sky

To look like 肖 rain 雨; 肖 also provides the pronunciation

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
肖
肖 SoundMeaning component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjew[s]ewsleet
Zhengzhangsew
Unicodesiɛu

說文解字

雨䨘爲霄。从雨肖聲。齊語也。

Sources

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

镇 zhèn press down, town Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鎮.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

真
真 Sound component
zhēn real

Sources

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

鎮 zhèn press down, town Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
真
真 Sound component
zhēn real

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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-SagarttrinHt<r>i[n]-s press down

說文解字

《說文》：“鎮，博壓也。从金，真聲。”

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)