龈辅音
yín​fǔ​yīn

palato-alveolar

龈 kěn, yín, qiǎn gums Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 齿 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 齦.

Components

齿
齿 Meaning component
chǐ teeth
艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

辅 fǔ cheek bone Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 輔.

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

音 yīn sound

Originally the same as 言 (speech) but with an extra line added in the mouth (口) to distinguish the two characters.

Components

言
言 Iconic component
yán speech

Depicts a tongue sticking out of the mouth.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 言 than it was in ancient scripts.
◎
◎ Distinguishing component
characterless component

Mark to distinguish 音 from 言.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 8 verified)

暗黯谙歆喑窨揞諳

Meaning (2 of 5 verified)

意韵韶響韻

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'im[q](r)əm sound, tone

說文解字

《說文》：“音，聲也。生於心有節於外謂之音；宮商角徵羽聲；絲竹金石匏土革木音也。从言，含一。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.164-165
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

齦 gums Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 齒 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components

齒
齒 Meaning component
chǐ teeth
艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰrɯːnʔ
kʰɯːnʔ
ŋɯn

說文解字

齧也。从齒𥃩聲。

Sources

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

輔 fǔ cheek bone Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound.

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjuX[b](r)aʔhelp
Zhengzhangbaʔ
Unicodebhiǒ

說文解字

人頰車也。从車甫聲。

Sources

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