银胶菊 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yínjiāojú

congress weed

yín silver Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 銀.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Change in sound

银 and 艮 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

jiāo glue Simplified

Tendons that connect 交 muscles ⺼; 交 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

交 Sound Meaning component

jiāo to cross, to mix

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ɡreːw

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

jú chrysanthemum

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

flower

匊 Sound component

jū handful

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		kuɡ
Unicode	giuk

說文解字

大菊，蘧麥。从艸匊聲。

Sources

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

yín silver Traditional

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

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Change in sound

銀 and 艮 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
銀 *ŋrə[n]
艮 kɯːns

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngin	ŋrə[n]	silver

說文解字

《說文》：“銀，白金也。从金，艮聲。”

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)

jiāo glue Traditional

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

flesh

翏 Sound component

liù, lù to sweep away, to remove

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kæw	[k]ˤriw	glue
	kæwX	[k]ˤriwʔ	glue
Zhengzhang		krɯːw
		krɯːws
		kʰrɯːw
Unicode	gau

說文解字

昵也。作之以皮。从肉翏聲。

Sources

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

银 yín silver Simplified

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胶 jiāo glue Simplified

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菊 jú chrysanthemum

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銀 yín silver Traditional

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說文解字

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膠 jiāo glue Traditional

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yín silver Simplified

jiāo glue Simplified

jú chrysanthemum

yín silver Traditional

jiāo glue Traditional