铜仁 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tóng copper Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 同 represents the sound. Simplified form of 銅.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

同 Sound component

tóng, tong, tòng together

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

rén humaneness

Depicts a kind relationship between two (二) people (亻). 亻 also represents the sound.

Components

亻 Sound Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

二 Meaning component

èr two

Used here to represent the concept of two people.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nyin	niŋ	kind

說文解字

《說文》：“仁，親也。从人，从二。忎，古文仁从千、心。，古文仁或从尸。”

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)

tóng copper Traditional

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

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

同 Sound component

tóng, tong, tòng together

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	duwng	[l]ˤoŋ	bronze, copper
Zhengzhang		doːŋ
Unicode	dhung

說文解字

赤金也。从金同聲。

Sources

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

铜 tóng copper Simplified

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仁 rén humaneness

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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銅 tóng copper Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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tóng copper Simplified

rén humaneness

tóng copper Traditional