李鸿章杂碎
Lǐ Hóng​zhāng​zá​sui

chop suey

李 li plum

A plum (李) is the offspring (子) of a tree (木).

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
子
子 Meaning component
zi, zǐ child

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 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 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartliXC.rəʔ plum

說文解字

《說文》：“李，果也。从木，子聲。杍，古文。”

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)

鸿 hóng, hòng species of wild swan Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 江 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴻.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
江
江 Sound component
jiāng large river

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

章 zhāng chapter, seal

Original meaning: jade ornament

Possibly depicts using a blade (䇂) to engrave a block of jade. Based on the original meaning "jade ornament", now written as 璋. Later the meaning shifted to "seal" and "chapter".

Components

䇂
䇂 Iconic component
qiān sickle, curved blade
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts a block of jade.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 13 verified)

障彰璋漳樟蟑瘴嶂鄣獐幛嫜鱆

Iconic (2)

赣贛

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

幛

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyangtaŋ brilliant; distinctive mark; to display

說文解字

《說文》：“章，樂竟為一章。从音，从十。十，數之終也。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.198
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

杂 zá mixed, various Simplified

Simplified form of 雜. Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 集 represents the sound.

Components

九
九 Simplified component
jiǔ nine

Shorthand for the 衣 component in the traditional character 雜.

集
集 Remnant component
jí gather, collect

Shorthand for the 集 component in the traditional character 雜.

Component uses

Sound (1)

染

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

碎 suì break

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 卒 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
卒
卒 Sound component
zú, cù, cuì soldier, to finish

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartswojH[s-tsʰ]ˤu[t]-sbreak
Zhengzhangsuːds
Unicodesuə̀i

說文解字

䃺也。从石卒聲。

Sources

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

鴻 species of wild swan Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 江 represents the sound.

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
江
江 Sound component
jiāng large river

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthuwng[ɡ]ˤoŋkind of wild goose
Zhengzhangɡoːŋ
ɡoːŋʔ
Unicodehung

說文解字

鴻鵠也。从鳥江聲。

Sources

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

雜 zá mixed, various Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 集 represents the sound.

Components

衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 衣 than it was in ancient scripts.
集
集 Sound component
jí gather, collect
Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 集 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzop[dz]ˤ[u]p mixed

說文解字

《說文》：“雜，五彩相會。从衣，集聲。”

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)