郭嵩焘
Guō Sōng​tāo

Guo Songtao

郭 guō, guó outer part (of a city)

A tall building 享 at the edge of a city 阝

Components

享
享 Meaning component
xiǎng enjoy
阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

廓槨

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkwakkʷˤak outer wall

說文解字

《說文》：“郭，齊之郭氏虛。善善不能進，惡惡不能退，是以亡國也。从邑，聲。”

Sources

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

嵩 sōng high

A tall 高 mountain 山

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
高
高 Meaning component
gāo high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-Sagartsjuwng[s]uŋhigh
Zhengzhangsuŋ
Unicodesiung

說文解字

中岳，嵩高山也。从山从高，亦从松。韋昭《國語》注云：“古通用崇字。”

Sources

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

焘 dào, tāo shine Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 寿 represents the sound. Simplified form of 燾.

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

寿
寿 Sound component
shòu old age

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

燾 shine Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 壽 represents the sound.

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

壽
壽 Sound component
shòu old age

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangduː
duːs
Unicodedhɑ̀u

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica