拓跋魏
Tuò​bá Wèi

Northern Wei

拓 tuò, tà, zhí expand

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 石 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

石
石 Sound component
shí stone

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰaːɡ
tjaɡ
Unicodetɑk

說文解字

拾也。陳、宋語。从手石聲。

Sources

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

跋 bá, bèi go by foot

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot

foot

犮
犮 Sound component
bá, quǎn pull up

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangboːd
Unicodebhɑt

說文解字

蹎跋也。从足犮聲。

Sources

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

魏 wèi, wéi, wēi kingdom of Wei

Phonosemantic compound. 鬼 represents the meaning and 委 represents the sound.

Components

鬼
鬼 Meaning component
guǐ ghost
委
委 Sound component
wěi bent, winding

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

巍

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngjwɨjN-qʰujhigh, majestic
ngjwɨjHN-qʰuj-shigh
Zhengzhangŋɡuls
Unicodengiuə̀i

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang