映入眼帘
yìng​rù​yǎn​lián

appear

映 yìng reflect, to project

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
央
央 Sound component
yāng beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːŋʔ
qraŋs
Unicodeqiæ̀ng

說文解字

《說文新附》：“映，明也，隱也。从日，央聲。”

Sources

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

入 rù enter

Depicts an arrowhead pointing forward, representing the idea "enter".

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

籴

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

汆

Iconic (1)

內

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyipn[u]p enter

說文解字

《說文》：“入，內也。象从上俱下也。”

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)

眼 yǎn eye

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngonXŋˤə[n]ʔ protrude as a knob
ngeanX[ŋ]ˤ<r>ə[n]ʔ eye

說文解字

《說文》：“眼，目也。从目，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)

帘 lián flag used as a shop sign Simplified

Simplified form of 簾. Depicts a type of cloth (巾) that is used for hanging on an opening (穴).

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave

Alludes to a tavern or a shop.

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsɡrɯn
rem

Sources

Character origin
魏励《东方汉字辨析手册》p.229
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

簾 flag-sign of a tavern Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 廉 represents the sound.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

廉
廉 Sound component
lián upright

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartljemrem bamboo curtain

說文解字

《說文》：“簾，堂簾也。从竹，廉聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫魏励《东方汉字辨析手册》p.229
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)