崇祯
Chóng​zhēn

Chongzhen

崇 chóng esteem

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

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
宗
宗 Sound component
zōng, zong ancestor, sect

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Xin 9-23 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzrjuwng[dz]<r>uŋexalt, honor
Zhengzhangzruŋ
Unicodejhriung

說文解字

嵬高也。从山宗聲。

Sources

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

祯 zhēn, zhēng lucky Simplified

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

spirit

贞
贞 Sound component
zhēn, zhēng virtuous

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

禎 lucky Traditional

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

spirit

貞
貞 Sound component
virtuous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangteŋ

說文解字

祥也。从示貞聲。

Sources

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