九寨沟风景名胜区
Jiǔ​zhài​gōu Fēng​jǐng​míng​shèng​qū

Jiuzhaigou Valley

九 jiǔ nine

Original meaning: elbow

Depicts an elbow. Based on the original meaning "elbow", now written as 肘. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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 Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 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 Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 14 verified)

究仇轨旭鸠馗宄艽尻犰軌鳩鼽氿

Simplified (1)

杂

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjuwX[k]uʔ nine

說文解字

《說文》：“九，陽之變也。象其屈曲究盡之形。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.952-953漢語多功能字庫
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Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

寨 zhài stockade

A fortress 宀 with walls made of wood 木

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzraːds
slɯːɡ

Sources

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Zhengzhang Shangfang

沟 gōu ditch, ravine Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 勾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 溝.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

勾
勾 Sound component
gōu hook

勾 is a component form of 句.

Sources

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风 fēng wind Simplified

Simplified form of 風. Originally written the same as 鳳 (phoenix) because the two characters sounded the same. Later the bottom part of the character was abbreviated to distinguish the two characters.

Components

凡
凡 Sound component
fán all
㐅
㐅 Simplified component
wǔ five

Shorthand for the 虫 component in the traditional character 風.

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 10 verified)

飘岚飙飓飕飒飚飑飖飐

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

疯讽枫砜

Sources

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景 jǐng scenery

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 京 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
京
京 Sound component
jīng capital city

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

影憬

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjaengXC.qraŋʔ bright; image
kjaengX[C.q]raŋʔ a kind of coat

說文解字

《說文》：“景，光也。从日，京聲。”

Sources

Character origin
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

名 míng name

Depicts a mouth (口) saying their own name at night (夕) when it is too dark for others to see them.

Components

夕
夕 Iconic component
xī evening

Depicts the moon.

口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

铭茗酩眳銘

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

铭銘

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjiengC.meŋ name

說文解字

《說文》：“名，自命也。从口，从夕。夕者，冥也。冥不相見，故以口自名。”

Sources

Character origin
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

胜 shèng victory Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound. Simplified form of 勝.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

生
生 Sound component
shēng, sheng life

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsleːŋ

說文解字

《說文》：“胜，犬膏臭也。从肉，生聲。一曰不孰也。”

Sources

Character origin
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Unicode
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

区 qū area Simplified

Simplified form of 區. Depicts a group of things (品) in an enclosed area.

Components

匚
匚 Iconic component
fāng, fàng box

Depicts an enclosed area.

品
品 IconicSimplified component
pǐn product

Depicts a group of things.

Component uses

Sound (1 of 14 verified)

欧驱躯枢呕殴鸥岖抠讴沤瓯怄眍

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

妪奁伛

Sources

Character origin
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溝 gōu ditch, ravine Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 冓 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

冓
冓 Sound component
gòu, gōu a secluded place

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkuw[k]ˤ(r)o irrigation canal

說文解字

《說文》：“溝，水瀆，廣四尺，深四尺。从水，冓聲。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

風 fēng wind Traditional

Originally written the same as 鳳 (phoenix) because the two characters sounded the same. Later the bottom part of the character was abbreviated to distinguish the two characters.

Components

凡
凡 Sound component
fán all
鳳
鳳 Remnant component
fèng male phoenix

Abbreviated remnant of 鳳, originally a pictograph of a mythical bird. Later reanalyzed as 虫.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (2 of 10 verified)

颼飆颱颻颶颯颭飄嵐颳

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

楓瘋諷

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjuwngprəm wind (n.)
pjuwngHprəm-s blow; criticize

說文解字

《說文》：“風，八風也。東方曰明庶風；東南曰清明風；南方曰景風；西南曰涼風；西方曰閶闔風；西北曰不周風；北方曰廣莫風；東北曰融風。風動蟲生，故蟲八日而化。从虫，凡聲。凬，古文風。”

Sources

Character origin
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Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

勝 shèng victory Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 朕 represents the sound.

Components

朕
朕 Sound component
zhèn pronoun 'I'
力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyingl̥əŋ equal to, capable of
syingHl̥əŋ-s overcome; surpass

說文解字

《說文》：“勝，任也。从力，朕聲。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

區 qū area Traditional

Depicts a group of things (品) in an enclosed area.

Components

匚
匚 Iconic component
fāng, fàng box

Depicts an enclosed area.

品
品 Iconic component
pǐn product

Depicts a group of things.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 15 verified)

驅軀嘔慪甌嶇歐鷗毆熰樞漚謳摳瞘

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

嫗奩

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'uwqˤ(r)o (a measure)

說文解字

《說文》：“區，踦區，藏匿也。从品在匸中。品，眾也。”

Sources

Character origin
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)