脸蛋 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

liǎndàn

face

liǎn face Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 臉.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

佥 Sound component

qiān together

Sources

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

dàn eggs

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound.

Components

延 Sound Remnant component

yán delay

Change in sound

蛋 and 延 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
蛋 l'aːns
延 *la[n]

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	l'aːns

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

liǎn face Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

僉 Sound component

together

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ɡ·reːmʔ
		skʰlam
		kramʔ
Unicode	læ̌m

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

脸 liǎn face Simplified

Components

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蛋 dàn eggs

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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臉 liǎn face Traditional

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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liǎn face Simplified

dàn eggs

liǎn face Traditional