山蓝仙鹟 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

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shānlánxiānwēng

hill blue flycatcher

shān mountain

Pictograph of a mountain.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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 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

Clerical form — Clerical Jin 266-420 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 11 verified)

仙灿讪汕舢疝籼氙訕赸屾

Simplified (1)

Deleted (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	srean	s-ŋrar	mountain, hill

說文解字

《說文》：“山，宣也。宣气，生萬物，有石而高。象形。”

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)

lán blue, indigo plant Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 监 represents the sound. Simplified form of 藍.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

监 Sound component

jiān watch carefully

Change in sound

蓝 and 监 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
蓝 *[N-k.]rˤam
监 *[k]ˤram

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

xian, xiān Taoist super-being

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 山 represents the sound. Simplified form of 僊.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

山 Sound component

shān mountain

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 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	sjen	[s]a[r]	immortal (n.)
Zhengzhang		sen
Unicode	siɛn
	siɛn

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

wēng Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

lán blue, indigo plant Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

監 Sound component

jiān watch carefully

Change in sound

藍 and 監 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
藍 *[N-k.]rˤam
監 *[k]ˤram

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lam	[N-k.]rˤam	indigo

說文解字

《說文》：“藍，染青草也。从艸，監聲。”

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)

鶲 Traditional

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode