杨澜
Yáng Lán

Yang Lan

杨 yáng willow Simplified

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

昜
昜 Unknown component
yáng bright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

澜 lán overflowing Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 阑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瀾.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

阑
阑 Sound component
lán, làn door screen

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

楊 yáng willow Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyanglaŋpoplar
Zhengzhanglaŋ
Unicodeiɑng

說文解字

木也。从木昜聲。

Sources

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

瀾 overflowing Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

闌
闌 Sound component
door screen

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlanX[r]ˤanʔwater in which rice has been washed
Zhengzhangɡ·raːn
ɡ·raːns
Unicodelɑn
lɑ̀n

說文解字

大波爲瀾。从水闌聲。

Sources

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