鱼子酱
yú​zǐ​jiàng

caviar

鱼 yú fish Simplified

Simplified form of 魚. Pictograph of a fish.

Component uses

Meaning (4 of 76 verified)

鲜鲍鲸鳞鳍鲤鳌鲨鳄鳃鳖鳎鳗鲇鲫鲈鲑鳅鳝鱿鲟鲂鲆鲎鳕鲢鲶鲛鳟鳏鳊鲋鲅鲮鲱鲰鲲鲡鲠鳢鳔鲃鳙鲚鳇鲷鲔鲥鲵鲭鳐鲳鳜鲽鲴鳑鲦鲩鲻鲐鲕鲞鳀鳓鲙鳘鲣鳆鲯鲒鳣鲗鲼鳋鲺𱈜

Sound (3 of 4 verified)

鲁渔稣蓟

Iconic (3)

鲁渔鲧

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

子 zi, zǐ child

Pictograph of a small child with its two arms waving.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
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Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
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Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (10 of 21 verified)

好存字李孩孙季孤仔孟孽籽孺孢孪孳孥囝孫孨孿

Iconic (15)

了学教保包孔乳孕孝孚孛孑孓斿學

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

字仔孜籽耔

Remnant (3)

了孑孓

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsiX[ts]əʔ 1st earthly branch
tsiXtsəʔ child; gentleman, master

說文解字

《說文》：“子，十一月陽气動，萬物滋，人以為偁。象形。，古文子，从巛，象髮也。，籀文子，囟有髮，臂、脛在几上也。”

Sources

Character origin
徐中舒《甲骨文字典》p.1571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)

酱 jiàng any jam-like or paste-like food Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 将 represents the sound. Simplified form of 醬.

Components

将
将 SoundRemnant component
jiāng, jiàng will
酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine

wine

Sources

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

魚 yú fish Traditional

Pictograph of a fish.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
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Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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 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

Meaning (4 of 61 verified)

鱖鱧鮮鯔鰲鱥鯕鯡鰹鮨鱣鰟鱉鱻鯛鱗鯊鯖鯗鰻鱺鯽鮭鮪鯨鱀鱄鱒鯤鱅魷鰣鯉鰭鰱魠鱸鱠鯷鱘鰓鮑鰾鰈鮫鰥鱔䰾鯇鰂魝鱈鰆鯧鯰鯢鯫鮃鱷鯪鱆

Iconic (4)

鯀漁爯魯

Sound (3)

漁魯穌

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngjo[r.ŋ]a fish (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“魚，水蟲也。象形。魚尾與燕尾相似。”

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)

醬 jiàng any jam-like or paste-like food Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 將 represents the sound.

Components

將
將 Sound component
jiāng, jiàng take
酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsjangH[ts]aŋ-s sauce

說文解字

《說文》：“，盬也。从肉，从酉。酒以和也。爿聲。，古文。，籀文。”

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)