邵飘萍
Shào Piāo​píng

Shao Piaoping

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

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

飘 piāo whirlwind Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 风 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound. Simplified form of 飄.

Components

风
风 Meaning component
fēng wind
票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

萍 píng duckweed

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

泙
泙 Sound component
píng, pēng roar

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbeːŋ
Unicodebheng

說文解字

苹也。水艸也。从水、苹，苹亦聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

飄 piāo whirlwind Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 風 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.

Components

風
風 Meaning component
fēng wind
票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

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 Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰew
bew
Unicodepiɛu

說文解字

回風也。从風㶾聲。

Sources

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