钮祜禄
Niǔ​hù​lù

Niohuru

钮 niǔ, chǒu button Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 丑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鈕.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

丑
丑 Sound component
chǒu second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly

Sources

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Unicode

祜 hù blessing

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

spirit

古
古 Sound component
gǔ old

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthuX[ɡ]ˤaʔblessing
Zhengzhangɡaːʔ

說文解字

上諱。

Sources

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

禄 lù blessing Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 录 represents the sound. Simplified form of 祿.

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

录
录 Sound component
lù copy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鈕 button Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 丑 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

丑
丑 Sound component
chǒu second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnuʔ
Unicodeniǒu

說文解字

印鼻也。从金丑聲。

Sources

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

祿 blessing Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 彔 represents the sound.

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

彔
彔 Sound component
lù to carve wood

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartluwk[r]ˤokblessing
Zhengzhangroːɡ
Unicodeluk

說文解字

福也。从示彔聲。

Sources

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