乙酰胺吡咯烷酮
yǐ​xiān'àn​bǐ​luò​wán​tóng

piracetam

乙 yǐ second

Depicts a stream of water.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
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 (3 of 6 verified)

艺亿忆虱钇穵

Distinguishing (1)

乾

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

氹

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'itqrət 2nd heavenly stem

說文解字

《說文》：“乙，象春艸木冤曲而出，陰氣尚彊，其出乙乙也。與丨同意，乙承甲，象人頸。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.959
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

酰 xiān acyl

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 先 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
先
先 Sound component
xiān first

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

胺 àn, è amine

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

安
安 Sound component
ān peaceful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

吡 bǐ, bì blame

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰeʔ
piʔ
biɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

咯 gē, luò, lo final particle

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
各
各 Sound component
gè each

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

烷 wán alkane

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 完 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
完
完 Sound component
wán complete

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

酮 tóng, dòng, chóng ketones

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 同 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
同
同 Sound component
tóng, tong, tòng together

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdoːŋ
doːŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang