邵雍
Shào Yōng

Shao Yong

邵 shào surname

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

召
召 Sound component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-SagartdzyewH[d]aw-s(place name)
Zhengzhangdjews
Unicodezhiɛ̀n

說文解字

晉邑也。从邑召聲。

Sources

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

雍 yōng harmony

Original meaning unclear. Depicts a bird (隹) and two squares.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 6 verified)

臃饔壅蕹擁甕

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqoŋ
qoŋs

說文解字

《說文》：“雝，雝也。”

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)