倩碧
Qiàn​bì

Clinique

倩 qiàn, qìng beautiful

A young 青 person 亻; 青 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
青
青 SoundMeaning component
qīng green or blue

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰleːns
sʰleŋs
Unicodetsiɛ̀ng

說文解字

人字。从人青聲。東齊壻謂之倩。

Sources

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

碧 bì jade

A stone 石 like amber 珀; 珀 also provides the pronunciation

Components

珀
珀 SoundMeaning component
pò amber
石
石 Meaning component
shí stone

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjækpraklight blue
Zhengzhangpraɡ
preɡ
Unicodebiɛk

說文解字

石之青美者。从玉、石，白聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)