雅典 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

Yǎdiǎn

Athens

yǎ, yā, yá elegant

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 牙 represents the sound.

Components

隹 Meaning component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

牙 Sound component

yá tooth

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngæX	N-ɢˤraʔ	proper, refined
	ngæX	[N-ɢ]ˤraʔ	kind of musical instrument
Zhengzhang		ŋraːʔ
Unicode	ngǎ

說文解字

楚烏也。一名鸒，一名卑居。秦謂之雅。从隹牙聲。

Sources

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

diǎn document, work of scholarship

Depicts two hands (廾) holding a book (冊).

Components

冊 Iconic component

cè book

廾 Iconic component

gǒng two hands

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

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碘腆

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tenX	tˤə[r]ʔ	statute, norm

說文解字

《說文》：“典，五帝之書也。从在丌上，尊閣之也。莊都說：“典，大也。’，古文典从竹。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫中華語文知識庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

雅 yǎ, yā, yá elegant

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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典 diǎn document, work of scholarship

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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yǎ, yā, yá elegant

diǎn document, work of scholarship