柏悦
Bó​yuè

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柏 bǎi cypress

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 白 represents the sound. Simplified form of 栢.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
白
白 Sound component
bái, bai white

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 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 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-Sagartpækpˤrakcypress
Zhengzhangpraːɡ
Unicodebæk

說文解字

鞠也。从木白聲。

Sources

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

悦 yuè pleased Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 悅.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

兑
兑 Sound component
duì, ruì, duó exchange

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodeiuɛt

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

悅 yuè pleased Traditional

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

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

兌
兌 Sound component
exchange

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywetlotpleased
Zhengzhanglod
lod

Sources

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