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zōngxiōnglánjīwēng

snowy-browed flycatcher

zōng hemp palm

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 宗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 椶.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

宗 Sound component

zōng, zong ancestor, sect

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ʔsoːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

xiōng breast

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 匈 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

匈 Sound Meaning component

xiōng breast

Character Evolution

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		qʰoŋ
Unicode	xiong

說文解字

《說文》：“匈，聲也。从勹，凶聲。，匈或从肉。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

lán blue, indigo plant Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 监 represents the sound. Simplified form of 藍.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

监 Sound component

jiān watch carefully

Change in sound

蓝 and 监 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
蓝 *[N-k.]rˤam
监 *[k]ˤram

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

jī, yí beauty

Original meaning: a beautiful name for a woman

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 𦣞 represents the sound.

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, nü woman

𦣞 Sound component

yí chin

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 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

Seal form — Seal Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

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

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ki	[k](r)ə	(family name)

說文解字

《說文》：“姬，黃帝居姬水以為姓。从女，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)

wēng Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

lán blue, indigo plant Traditional

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

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

監 Sound component

jiān watch carefully

Change in sound

藍 and 監 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
藍 *[N-k.]rˤam
監 *[k]ˤram

Character Evolution

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

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lam	[N-k.]rˤam	indigo

說文解字

《說文》：“藍，染青草也。从艸，監聲。”

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)

鶲 Traditional

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode