勃艮第
Bó​gèn​dì

Burgundy

勃 bó flourishing, prosperous

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

Components

孛
孛 SoundMeaning component
bó, bèi flourishing, thriving
力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

渤

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbwot[b]ˤut confused

說文解字

《說文》：“勃，排也。从力，孛聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.503-504
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

艮 gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Original meaning: look backwards

Depicts a person looking backwards. Based on the original meaning "look backwards". The modern meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

目
目 Iconic component
mù eye

Depicts an eye.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 目 than it was in ancient scripts.
人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person

Horizontally flipped version of 人, depicts a person looking backwards.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (11 of 21 verified)

很眼根跟限银恨艰狠痕恳垦龈垠裉哏茛銀齦艱貇

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

很貇

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯːns

說文解字

《說文》：“艮，很也。从匕目。匕目，猶目相匕，不相下也。《易》曰：‘艮其限。匕目為艮，匕目為真也。’”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.648
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

第 dì sequence

Originally a variant of 弟 (younger brother), which originally meant "order".

Components

⺮
⺮ Unknown component
zhú bamboo

Corruption of the top part of 弟.

弟
弟 SoundMeaning component
dì, di younger brother

Based on the original meaning of 弟 "order".

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdejH[l]ˤəjʔ-s sequence

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.478
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica