凭陵 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

píng lean on Simplified

Leaning on (trusting) 任 a table 几

Components

任 Meaning component

rèn responsibility

几 Meaning component

jǐ, jī small table

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		brɯŋ
		brɯŋs
Unicode	bhiəng
	bhiə̀ng

說文解字

依几也。从几从任。《周書》：“凭玉几。”讀若馮。

Sources

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

líng hill

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

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

夌 Sound component

líng to surpass, to ascend

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ling	[r]əŋ	mound, hill

說文解字

《說文》：“陵，大也。从，夌聲。”

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)

píng lean on Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 馮 represents the sound.

Components

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

馮 Sound component

surname

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bing	[b]rəŋ	lean on
Zhengzhang		bɯŋ
Unicode	bhiəng

Sources

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

凭 píng lean on Simplified

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陵 líng hill

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憑 píng lean on Traditional

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píng lean on Simplified

líng hill

píng lean on Traditional