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dōng east Simplified

Pictograph of a basket or a bag. The current meaning "east" is a phonetic loan. The simplified character 东 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 東.

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冻栋胨鸫岽

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陈

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Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.492-493漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

nán south

Original meaning: musical instrument

Depicts a bell-shaped musical instrument. The current meaning of 南 is a phonetic loan.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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喃楠罱蝻腩

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献

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nom	nˤ[ə]m	south

說文解字

《說文》：“南，艸木至南方有枝任也。从，聲。，古文。”

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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)

yà Asia, sub- Simplified

Original meaning: tomb

Simplified form of 亞. Depicts a wooden structure where coffins are placed. Based on the original meaning "tomb". The current meaning "Asia" is a phonetic loan.

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恶哑娅垩桠氩垭痖

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晋

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

guó nation Simplified

Simplified form of 國. Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 或 represents the sound.

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囗 Meaning component

wéi, guó surround

玉 Sound Simplified component

yù jade

Shorthand for the 或 component in the traditional character 國.

Change in sound

国 and 玉 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
国 *[C.q]ʷˤək
玉 *[ŋ](r)ok (< uvular?)

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帼蝈掴

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Readings & variants: Unicode

jiā, jia house

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and a remnant of 豭 represents the sound.

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宀 Meaning component

mián roof

豭 Sound Remnant component

jiā boar

Left half of 豭 (boar).

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嫁稼镓傢

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Baxter-Sagart	kae	kˤra	household

說文解字

《說文》：“家，居也。从宀，豭省聲。”

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Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.589-590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)

lián connect Simplified

Simplified form of 聯. Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound.

Components

耳 Meaning component

ěr ear

Alludes to earrings connected to the ear.

关 Simplified component

guān to close

Shorthand for the phonetic 𢇇 component in the traditional character 聯.

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

méng swear

Phonosemantic compound. 皿 represents the meaning and 明 represents the sound.

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皿 Meaning component

mǐn, mǐng dish

明 Sound component

míng, ming bright

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Baxter-Sagart	mjæng	mraŋ	covenant
Zhengzhang		mraŋ
		mraːŋs

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Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

dōng east Traditional

Pictograph of a basket or a bag. The current meaning "east" is a phonetic loan.

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Baxter-Sagart	tuwng	tˤoŋ (< *tˤoŋʔ ?)	east

說文解字

《說文》：“東，動也。从木。官溥說，从日在木中。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.492-493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)

yà Asia, sub- Traditional

Original meaning: tomb

Depicts a wooden structure where coffins are placed. Based on the original meaning "tomb". The current meaning "Asia" is a phonetic loan.

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埡啞堊婭惡

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Baxter-Sagart	'aeH	ʔˤrak-s	secondary

說文解字

《說文》：“亞，醜也。象人局背之形。賈侍中說以為次弟也。”

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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)

guó nation Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 或 represents the sound.

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囗 Meaning component

wéi, guó surround

或 Sound component

huò or

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膕幗蟈摑

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Baxter-Sagart	kwok	[C.q]ʷˤək	state (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“國，邦也。从囗，从或。”

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)

lián connect Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound.

Components

耳 Meaning component

ěr ear

Alludes to earrings connected to the ear.

𢇇 Sound component

guān to run threads through a web in weaving

Change in sound

聯 and 𢇇 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
聯 *ɡ·ron
𢇇 *kroːn

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說文解字

《說文》：“聯，連也。从耳，耳連於頰也；从絲，絲連不絕也。”

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Character origin: Zhengzhang Shangfang漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

东 dōng east Simplified

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南 nán south

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亚 yà Asia, sub- Simplified

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国 guó nation Simplified

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家 jiā, jia house

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联 lián connect Simplified

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盟 méng swear

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東 dōng east Traditional

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亞 yà Asia, sub- Traditional

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國 guó nation Traditional

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聯 lián connect Traditional

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dōng east Simplified

nán south

yà Asia, sub- Simplified

guó nation Simplified

jiā, jia house

lián connect Simplified

méng swear

dōng east Traditional

yà Asia, sub- Traditional

guó nation Traditional

lián connect Traditional