郸城 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dān, duō county in Hebei province Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 单 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鄲.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

单 Sound component

dān single

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

chéng city

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 成 represents the sound.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

成 Sound component

chéng, cheng completed

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzyeng	[d]eŋ	city wall

說文解字

《說文》：“城，以盛民也。从土，从成，成亦聲。，籀文城从。”

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)

county in Hebei province Traditional

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

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

單 Sound component

dān single

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tan	tˤa[r]	邯鄲 han.tan place name
Zhengzhang		taːn
Unicode	dɑn

說文解字

邯鄲縣。从邑單聲。

Sources

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

郸 dān, duō county in Hebei province Simplified

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城 chéng city

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說文解字

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鄲 county in Hebei province Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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dān, duō county in Hebei province Simplified

chéng city

county in Hebei province Traditional