Zhāo​pī​yé Pà​kāng

Chao Phraya Phra Klang

zhāo, zhào bright

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyewtaw bright

說文解字

《說文》:“昭,日明也。从日,召聲。”

Sources

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

wear

To put on  fur  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
SoundMeaning component
skin

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphjepʰ(r)ajdivide
Zhengzhangpʰral
pʰralʔ
Unicodepyɛ

說文解字

从㫄持曰披。从手皮聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yé, yē, ye ye (sound)

Corruption of , with the component replaced with .

Components

Sound component
tooth

Corrupted to .

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Meaning component
city

Character Evolution

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

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglaː
Unicodeia

Sources

Character origin
Wiktionary
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

turban

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
jīn cloth
Sound component
bái, bai white

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰraːɡs
mbraːd

Sources

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

kāng peaceful, healthy

Depicts sound coming from a gong ().

Components

SoundIconic component
gēng 7th heavenly stem

Depicts an instrument like a gong.

Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts sound.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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
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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhang[kʰ]ˤaŋ empty
khangk-r̥ˤaŋ tranquil; at ease
thangr̥ˤaŋ name of first Shang ruler

說文解字

《說文》:“穅,穀皮也。从禾,从米,庚聲。康,穅或省。”

Sources

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