速溶咖啡
sù​róng​kā​fēi

instant coffee

速 sù quick

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

束
束 Sound component
shù bind

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 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 Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsuwk[s]ˤok invite
suwk[s]ˤok rapid

說文解字

疾也。从辵束聲。

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)

溶 róng to melt

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 容 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

容
容 Sound component
róng contain; appearance

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangloŋ
loŋʔ
Unicodeiong

說文解字

水盛也。从水容聲。

Sources

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

咖 kā coffee

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
加
加 Sound component
jiā add

Sources

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

啡 fēi morphine

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
非
非 Sound component
fēi not

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰɯːlʔ

Sources

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