塘鹅
táng'é

gannet

塘 táng pond

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 唐 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
唐
唐 Sound component
táng exaggerate

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdangm.rˤaŋ
(~ *mə.rˤaŋ)		dam, dike
Zhengzhangl'aːŋ
Unicodedhɑng

說文解字

隄也。从土唐聲。

Sources

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

鹅 é goose Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵝.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
我
我 Sound component
wǒ I; me

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鵝 é goose Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound.

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
我
我 Sound component
wǒ I; me

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngaŋˤa[r]goose
Zhengzhangŋaːl
Unicodengɑ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica