庙塔 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

miào temple Simplified

Simplified form of 廟. Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 朝 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning component

guǎng roof

由 Simplified component

yóu cause

Shorthand for the 朝 component in the traditional character 廟.

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

tǎ tower

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 荅 represents the sound.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

荅 Sound component

dā, dá, tà small bean

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		tʰuːb
Unicode	tɑp

說文解字

《說文新附》：“塔，西域浮屠也。从土，答聲。”

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)

miào temple Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 朝 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning component

guǎng roof

朝 Sound component

cháo, zhāo dynasty

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mjewH	[m]raw-s	a kind of building with side rooms

說文解字

《說文》：“廟，尊先祖皃也。从广，朝聲。庿，古文。”

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)

庙 miào temple Simplified

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塔 tǎ tower

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廟 miào temple Traditional

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miào temple Simplified

tǎ tower

miào temple Traditional