镰仓幕府
Lián​cāng​mù​fǔ

Kamakura shogunate

镰 lián sickle Simplified

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

廉
廉 Sound component
lián upright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

仓 cāng granary Simplified

Simplified form of 倉. Depicts grain gathered together (合) behind a door (戶).

Components

合
合 IconicSimplified component
hé to join
戶
戶 IconicSimplified component
hù, hu door

Component uses

Sound (3 of 14 verified)

创枪抢苍舱沧疮跄呛怆炝伧戗鸧

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

舱伧

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

幕 mù curtain

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 幙.

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth
莫
莫 Sound component
mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

冪

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmakmˤakcovering
Zhengzhangmaːɡ
Unicodemɑk

說文解字

帷在上曰幕，覆食案亦曰幕。从巾莫聲。

Sources

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

府 fǔ government

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 付 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
付
付 Sound component
fù, fu pay, hand over

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

腐俯腑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjuXp(r)oʔ repository

說文解字

《說文》：“府，文書藏也。从广，付聲。”

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)

鐮 lián sickle Traditional

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

廉
廉 Sound component
lián upright

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·rem

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

倉 cāng granary Traditional

Depicts grain gathered together (合) behind a door (戶).

Components

合
合 Iconic component
hé to join
戶
戶 Iconic component
hù, hu door

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 12 verified)

蒼蹌艙愴搶嗆創鶬滄瘡戧槍

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

艙傖

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshang[s.r̥]ˤaŋ tshang-kaeng 'oriole'
tshangtsʰˤaŋ granary

說文解字

《說文》：“倉，穀藏也，倉黃取而藏之，故謂之倉。从食省，口象倉形。仺，奇字倉。”

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)