加仑
jiā​lún

gallon

加 jiā add

Depicts making loud noises with the mouth (口) to add power (力) during manual labor.

Components

力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

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 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 (6 of 17 verified)

架驾贺嘉咖迦伽茄枷瘸袈痂珈跏笳賀駕

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

珈哿

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkaekˤraj add

說文解字

《說文》：“加，語相增加也。从力，从口。”

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)

仑 lún, lùn logical reasons Simplified

Simplified form of 侖. Depicts an assembly (亼) of writings (冊).

Components

亼
亼 MeaningSimplified component
jí (upside-down mouth), to assemble
匕
匕 Simplified component
bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)

Shorthand for the 冊 component in the traditional character 侖.

Component uses

Sound (3 of 7 verified)

论伦轮沦纶抡囵

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

纶

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

瘪

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

侖 arrange Traditional

Depicts an assembly (亼) of writings (冊).

Components

亼
亼 Meaning component
jí (upside-down mouth), to assemble
冊
冊 Meaning component
cè book

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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 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 (4 of 8 verified)

論輪倫崙淪圇綸掄

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

癟

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

綸

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrun

說文解字

《說文》：“侖，思也。从亼，从冊。，籀文侖。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)