槟榔屿
Bīng​lang​yǔ

Penang Island

槟 bīng, bīn betel-nut Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 宾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檳.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
宾
宾 Sound component
bīn guest

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

榔 láng, lǎng betel-nut tree

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
郎
郎 Sound component
láng gentleman

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːŋ
raːŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

屿 yǔ island Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 与 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嶼.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
与
与 Sound component
yǔ, yù and

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

檳 betel-nut Traditional

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
賓
賓 Sound component
bīn guest

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpin

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

嶼 yǔ island Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 與 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
與
與 Sound component
yǔ, yù together with

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangljaʔ

說文解字

㠀也。从山與聲。

Sources

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