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yuán source

Depicts water coming from a spring (泉) on a cliff (厂).

Components

厂 Iconic component

chǎng cliff, (roof)

泉 Sound Iconic component

quán spring

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Sound (3 of 5 verified)

愿源螈塬願

Meaning (1)

源

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngjwon	N-ɢʷar	spring, source; origin
	ngjwon	N-ɢʷar	high plain (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“，水泉本也。从灥出厂下。原，篆文从泉。”

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)

zhuàng form, shape Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犬 represents the meaning and 丬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 狀.

Components

丬 Sound component

qiáng piece of wood

丬 is a component form of 爿.

犬 Meaning component

quǎn dog

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

zhuàng form, shape Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 犬 represents the meaning and 爿 represents the sound.

Components

爿 Sound component

pán, qiáng piece of wood

犬 Meaning component

quǎn dog

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzrjangH	[dz]raŋ-s	form, appearance

說文解字

《說文》：“狀，犬形也。从犬，爿聲。”

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)

原 yuán source

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (3 of 5 verified)

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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状 zhuàng form, shape Simplified

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狀 zhuàng form, shape Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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yuán source

zhuàng form, shape Simplified

zhuàng form, shape Traditional