宫崎骏
Gōng​qí Jùn

Miyazaki Hayao

宫 gōng palace Simplified

Simplified form of 宮. Pictograph of a building (宀) with multiple rooms.

Components

宀
宀 Iconic component
mián roof
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts two rooms.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Regular Modern

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica

崎 qí rough

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
奇
奇 Sound component
qí strange

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰral
ɡɯl
Unicodeghiəi

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

骏 jùn excellent horse Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 夋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駿.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
夋
夋 Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

宮 gōng palace Traditional

Pictograph of a building (宀) with multiple rooms.

Components

宀
宀 Iconic component
mián roof
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts two rooms.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
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 Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (2)

营營

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjuwngk(r)uŋ dwelling; palace; note of scale

說文解字

《說文》：“宮，室也。从宀，躳省聲。”

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)

駿 excellent horse Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 夋 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
夋
夋 Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttswinH[ts]ur-sfine horse
Zhengzhangʔsluns
Unicodetzuìn

說文解字

馬之良材者。从馬夋聲。

Sources

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