普渡
pǔ​dù

deliverance

普 pǔ universal

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

Components

並
並 Sound component
side by side
Change in sound
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

谱氆镨譜潽

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“暜，日無色也。从日，从竝。”

Sources

Character origin
zdic
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

渡 dù cross

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

度
度 Sound component
dù, du measure

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartduH[d]ˤak-sto ford
Zhengzhangdaːɡs
Unicodedhò

說文解字

濟也。从水度聲。

Sources

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