弥留
mí​liú

dying

弥 mí extensive Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 尔 represents the sound. Simplified form of 彌.

Components

弓
弓 Meaning component
gōng bow
尔
尔 Sound component
ěr you

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

猕

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmnel

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

留 liú to stay

Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 卯 represents the sound.

Components

卯
卯 Sound component
mǎo 4th terrestrial branch
Change in sound
田
田 Meaning component
tián field

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 13 verified)

溜瘤榴遛馏镏熘骝鹠鶹餾騮鎦

Meaning (0 of 5 verified)

馏镏籀餾鎦

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljuwC.ru stay, remain

說文解字

《說文》：“畱，止也。从田，丣聲。”

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)

彌 mí extensive Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 爾 represents the sound.

Components

弓
弓 Meaning component
gōng bow
爾
爾 Sound component
ěr you

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

瀰

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

瀰

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmjiem-nə[r]to complete
mjieXm-nə[r]ʔstop
Zhengzhangmnel
Unicodemiɛ

Sources

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