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tūnjīng

swallow semen

tūn swallow

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

天 Sound component

tiān, tian sky

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	then	l̥ ˤən	(surname)
	thon	l̥ ˤən	to swallow
Zhengzhang		qʰl'iːn
		qʰl'ɯːn
Unicode	tən

說文解字

咽也。从口天聲。

Sources

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

jīng essence

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.

Components

米 Meaning component

mǐ rice

青 Sound component

qīng green or blue

Character Evolution

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsjeng	tseŋ	fine rice; pure

說文解字

《說文》：“精，擇也。从米，青聲。”

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)