坎培拉
Kǎn​péi​lā

Canberra

坎 kǎn pit

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 欠 represents the sound. Simplified form of 埳.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
欠
欠 Sound component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

莰

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhomX[k]ʰˤomʔpit (n.)
Zhengzhangkʰoːmʔ
kʰoːms
Unicodekǒm

說文解字

陷也。从土欠聲。

Sources

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

培 péi bank up with dirt, cultivate

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
咅
咅 Sound component
pǒu to spit out

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangboːʔ
bɯː

說文解字

《說文》：“培，培墩，土田山川也。从土，咅聲。”

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)

拉 lā, la pull

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 立 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

立
立 Sound component
lì stand
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

啦

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlop[r]ˤəp break

說文解字

《說文》：“拉，摧也。从手，立聲。”

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)