邮政编码
yóu​zhèng​biān​mǎ

postal code

邮 yóu postal Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound. Simplified form of 郵.

Components

由
由 Sound component
yóu cause
⻏
⻏ Meaning component
yì city

阝 is a component form of 邑.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglɯw

說文解字

《說文》：“邮，左馮翊高陵。从邑，由聲。”

Sources

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

政 zhèng government

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound.

Components

正
正 Sound component
zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct
攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

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 Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyengHteŋ-s government

說文解字

《說文》：“政，正也。从攴，从正，正亦聲。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

编 biān knit, compile, edit Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 編.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

扁
扁 Sound component
biǎn flat

Sources

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码 mǎ weight, number Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound. Simplified form of 碼.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
马
马 Sound component
mǎ horse

Sources

Character origin
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郵 yóu mail Traditional

Depicts delivering between cities (⻏) and borderlands (垂).

Components

垂
垂 Meaning component
chuí droop

Based on the original "borderlands" meaning of 垂.

⻏
⻏ Meaning component
yì city

⻏ is a component form of 邑.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷɯ

說文解字

境上行書舍。从邑、垂。垂，邊也。

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

編 biān knit, compile, edit Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

扁
扁 Sound component
biǎn flat

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpenpˤe[r] plait, weave
pjienpe[r]
(~ *mə-pe[r] in donor to HM)		plait, weave

說文解字

《說文》：“編，次簡也。从糸，扁聲。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

碼 mǎ weight, number Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 馬 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
馬
馬 Sound component
mǎ horse

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmraːʔ

Sources

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