雍睦 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yōngmù

harmonious

yōng harmony

Original meaning unclear. Depicts a bird (隹) and two squares.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

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

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 6 verified)

臃饔壅蕹擁甕

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	qoŋ
	qoŋs

說文解字

《說文》：“雝，雝也。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

mù friendly

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 坴 represents the sound.

Components

目 Meaning component

mù eye

坴 Sound component

lù a clod of earth

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mjuwk	mr[uk]	concord

說文解字

《說文》：“睦，目順也。从目，坴聲。一曰敬和也。，古文眭。”

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)