故园 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

gù incident, happening, cause

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound.

Components

古 Sound component

gǔ old

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kuH	kˤa(ʔ)-s	fact; reason
	kuH	kˤaʔ-s	old (not new)

說文解字

《說文》：“故，使為之也。从攴，古聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 李学勤《字源》p.250
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

yuán garden Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound. Simplified form of 園.

Components

囗 Meaning component

wéi, guó surround

元 Sound component

yuán first

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ŋoːn

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

yuán garden Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 袁 represents the sound.

Components

囗 Meaning component

wéi, guó surround

袁 Sound component

yuán robe

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjwon	C.ɢʷa[n]	garden

說文解字

《說文》：“園，所以樹果也。从囗，袁聲。”

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)

故 gù incident, happening, cause

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园 yuán garden Simplified

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園 yuán garden Traditional

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gù incident, happening, cause

yuán garden Simplified

yuán garden Traditional