挡泥板
dǎng​ní​bǎn

mudguard

挡 dǎng obstruct Simplified

A hand 扌 raised at the right time 当; 当 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
当
当 SoundMeaning component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

泥 ní mud

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 尼 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

尼
尼 Sound component
ní, nǐ Buddhist nun

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnejC.nˤ[əj]mud
nejHnˤər(ʔ)-simpeded, obstructed (Lunyu)
Zhengzhangniːl
niːls
Unicodenei
nèi

說文解字

水。出北地郁郅北蠻中。从水尼聲。

Sources

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

板 bǎn plank

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
反
反 Sound component
fǎn reverse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpaenXC.pˤranʔ plank, board
paenXpˤranʔ perverse

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

擋 dǎng obstruct Traditional

A hand 扌 raised at the right time 當; 當 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
當
當 SoundMeaning component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːŋʔ
taːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang