林忆莲
Lín Yì​lián

Sandy Lam

林 lín forest

Combination of two trees (木).

Components

木
木 Iconic component
mù tree
木
木 Iconic component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 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

Sound (3 of 10 verified)

离禁淋琳彬婪霖郴啉痲

Meaning (1 of 6 verified)

楚焚梵麓潸棼

Iconic (4)

离鬱𢽳棥

Simplified (1)

梦

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

爨

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlim[r]əm forest

說文解字

《說文》：“林，平土有叢木曰林。从二木。”

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)

忆 yì remember Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 乙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 憶.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

乙
乙 Sound component
yǐ second

Sources

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

莲 lián, liǎn lotus Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 连 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蓮.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

连
连 Sound component
lián connect, join, link

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

憶 yì remember Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 意 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

意
意 Sound component
yì, yi thought

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'ikʔ(r)ək remember

Sources

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

蓮 lotus Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 連 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

連
連 Sound component
lián connect, join, link

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlenk.[r]ˤe[n] (cf. 蕑 jiān < kean < *kˤre[n] (dial. *k.rˤ- > kˤr-) ‘lotus fruit (Ode 145.2)’)lotus fruit
Zhengzhangrenʔ
reːn
Unicodelen

說文解字

芙蕖之實也。从艸連聲。

Sources

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