nián​hu

slow-moving

nián stick to

Components

Meaning component
shǔ proso millet

millet

Sound component
zhàn divine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnem
Unicodeniɛm

說文解字

相箸也。从黍占聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

hu, hú muddled, paste

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rice
Sound component
beard

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthuCə.[g]ˤa
(~ *C.[g]ˤa; no pre-Qín exx.)
to paste (v.)

Sources

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