岳塘
Yuè​táng

Yuetan District

岳 yuè mountain peak Simplified

A mountain 山 range surrounded by hills 丘

Components

丘
丘 Meaning component
qiū hill
山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngæwk[ŋ]ˤrokmountain, peak
Zhengzhangŋroːɡ
Unicodengak

Sources

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

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)

嶽 mountain peak Traditional

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

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
獄
獄 Sound component
yù prison

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngæwk[ŋ]ˤrokmountain, peak
Zhengzhangŋroːɡ
Unicodengak

說文解字

東，岱；南，靃；西，華；北，恆；中，泰室。王者之所以巡狩所至。从山獄聲。

Sources

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