楞迦
Léng​jiā

Lanka

楞 léng, lèng used for Ceylon in Buddhist texts

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

罒
罒 Sound component
wǎng net or eye
方
方 Unknown component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

迦 jiā, xiè character for transliteration

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

加
加 Sound component
jiā add

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangka
kal
kraːl
Unicodega

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang