铜官 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

guān official

Depicts an official person (師) working in a governmental institution (宀).

Components

宀 Meaning component

mián roof

師 Meaning Remnant component

shī teacher

𠂤 is used here as an abbreviation of 師.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

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Component uses

Sound (3 of 9 verified)

管馆棺倌绾涫菅逭館

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kwan	kʷˤa[n]	official (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“官，吏事君也。从宀，从。猶眾也，此與師同意。”

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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官 guān official

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Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (3 of 9 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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銅 tóng copper Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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tóng copper Simplified

guān official

tóng copper Traditional