幽邃
yōu​suì

profound

幽 yōu secluded, remote

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

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
𢆶
𢆶 Sound component
yōu, zī threads

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 Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jiw[ʔ](r)iw dark; secluded

說文解字

《說文》：“幽，隱也。从山，中，亦聲。”

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)

邃 suì profound

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 遂 represents the sound.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave

A cave is very deep.

遂
遂 Sound component
suì comply with

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsluds

說文解字

《說文》：“邃，深遠也。从穴，遂聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)