dǐng​gǎng

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dǐng top Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Sound component
dīng cubes
Meaning component
page

Depicts a head.

Sources

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

gǎng, gāng post Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shān mountain
Sound component
gāng ridge or crest of hill

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

dǐng top Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
dīng cubes
Meaning component
(head), page

Depicts a head.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttengXtˤeŋʔ top of the head

說文解字

《說文》:“頂,顛也。从頁,丁聲。,或从作。,籀文从鼎。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

gǎng, gāng post Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shān mountain
Sound component
gāng ridge or crest of hill

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangklaːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang