亲睦邻邦 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

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qīnmùlínbāng

foster relations

qīn, qin relatives Simplified

Original meaning: chestnut tree

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 辛 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "chestnut". This character was repurposed during character simplification as the simplified form of 親.

Components

辛 Sound component

xīn laborious

木 Meaning component

mù tree

Change in meaning

木 hints at the original meaning of 亲, "chestnut tree", which is no longer the most common meaning of 亲 in modern Mandarin.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Jin 266-420 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

說文解字

《說文》：“𣓀，果實如小栗。从木，辛聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘女摯不過栗。’”

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

mù friendly

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 坴 represents the sound.

Components

目 Meaning component

mù eye

坴 Sound component

lù a clod of earth

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mjuwk	mr[uk]	concord

說文解字

《說文》：“睦，目順也。从目，坴聲。一曰敬和也。，古文眭。”

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)

lín neighbor Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鄰.

Components

令 Sound component

lìng command

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

Character Evolution

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

Regular Modern

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Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica

bāng nation

Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 丰 represents the sound.

Components

丰 Sound component

fēng luxuriant

⻏ Meaning component

yì city

⻏ is a component form of 邑.

Character Evolution

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 Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 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 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 Qin 221-206 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	paewng	pˤroŋ	country

說文解字

《說文》：“邦，國也。从邑，丰聲。，古文。”

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)

qīn, qin relatives Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 亲 represents the sound.

Components

亲 Sound component

qīn, qin relatives

見 Meaning component

jiàn, xiàn, jian see

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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 Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshin	[tsʰ]i[n]	close; parents

說文解字

《說文》：“親，至也。从見，亲聲。”

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)

lín neighbor Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 粦 represents the sound and 阝 represents the meaning.

Components

粦 Sound component

lín will-o'-the wisp, phosphorus

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 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

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lin	(mə.)rə[n]	group of 5 families; neighbor

說文解字

五家爲鄰。从邑粦聲。

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)