Tán Xīn​péi

Tan Xinpei

tán surname Simplified

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
tán, qín, yǎn reach to

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

xīn, xùn used in names

Triple of the (gold) character.

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
Meaning component
jīn metal
Meaning component
jīn metal

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

péi bank up with dirt, cultivate

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
earth
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

surname Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
tán, qín, yǎn reach to

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'ɯːm
l'ɯːmʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang