附栏
fù​lán

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附 fù attach, be near

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

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

付
付 Sound component
fù, fu pay, hand over

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjuHN-p(r)oʔ-s be attached to

說文解字

附𡝤，小土山也。从𨸏付聲。《春秋傳》曰：“附𡝤無松栢。”

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)

栏 lán railing Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 兰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 欄.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
兰
兰 Sound component
lán orchid

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

欄 lán railing Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 闌 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
闌
闌 Sound component
door screen

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːn
Unicodelɑn

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang