鄭
Zhèngzhèng

state in today's Henan

Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 奠 represents the sound.

Components

⻏
⻏ Meaning component
yì city

⻏ is a component form of 邑.

奠
奠 Sound component
diàn pay respect

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 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 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)

擲躑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrjengH[d]reŋ-sZhèng (a surname)
Zhengzhangdeŋs
Unicodedjiɛ̀ng

說文解字

京兆縣。周厲王子友所封。从邑奠聲。宗周之滅，鄭徙潧洧之上，今新鄭是也。

Sources

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

郑 zhèng state in today's Henan Simplified

Simplified form of 鄭. Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 奠 represents the sound.

Components

⻏
⻏ Meaning component
yì city

⻏ is a component form of 邑.

关
关 Simplified component
guān to close

Shorthand for the 奠 component in the traditional character 鄭.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

掷踯

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode