千吨
qiān​dūn

kiloton

千 qiān thousand

Phonosemantic compound. 一 represents the meaning and 亻 represents the sound.

Components

一
一 Meaning component
yī one
亻
亻 Sound component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 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 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 (1 of 10 verified)

迁歼纤忏阡仟芊扦钎釺

Meaning (0 of 4 verified)

歼芊钎釺

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshens.n̥ˤi[ŋ] thousand

說文解字

《說文》：“千，十百也。从十，从人。”

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)

吨 dūn metric ton Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 屯 represents the sound. Simplified form of 噸.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
屯
屯 Sound component
tún, zhūn village

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰuːnʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

噸 dūn metric ton Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 頓 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
頓
頓 Sound component
dùn to bow, pause

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode