揽辔澄清
lǎn​pèi​chéng​qīng

governing aspiration

揽 lǎn grasp Simplified

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

览
览 Sound component
lǎn look at

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

辔 pèi bridle of horse Simplified

Rope 纟 yoking a horse to a chariot 车 by its mouth 口

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk
车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

澄 chéng purify water by allowing sediment to settle

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 登 represents the sound. Simplified form of 澂.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

登
登 Sound component
dēng rise

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdring[d]rəŋlimpid, clear
Zhengzhangdɯːŋs
dɯŋ
rdɯŋ
Unicodedjhiəng
djhiæng

Sources

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

清 qīng clear

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

青
青 Sound component
qīng green or blue

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshjengtsʰeŋ clear (adj.)

說文解字

《說文》：“清，朖也，澂水之皃。从水，青聲。”

Sources

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

攬 grasp Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

覽
覽 Sound component
lǎn look at

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːmʔ
Unicodelɑ̌m

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

轡 bridle of horse Traditional

Rope 糹 yoking a horse to a chariot 車 by its mouth 口

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk
車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpijHpr[i][t]-sreins
Zhengzhangprɯds
Unicodebyì

說文解字

馬轡也。从絲从軎。與連同意。《詩》曰：“六轡如絲。”

Sources

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