浑仪注
hún​yí​zhù

astronomical commentary

浑 hún muddy Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 军 represents the sound. Simplified form of 渾.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

军
军 Sound component
jūn army

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仪 yí ceremony Simplified

Components

亻
亻 Unknown component
rén person
义
义 Sound component
yì justice

Sources

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注 zhù concentrate, pour into Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound. In simplified Chinese 注 is also used to mean "register; comment", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 註.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

主
主 Sound component
zhǔ master

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrjuHtro(ʔ)-s to conduct water

說文解字

《說文》：“注，灌也。从水，主聲。”

Sources

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Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

渾 hún muddy Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 軍 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

軍
軍 Sound component
jūn army

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwon[ɡ]ˤ[u]rchaotic
hwonX[ɡ]ˤurʔchaotic
Zhengzhangɡuːn
ɡuːnʔ
Unicodehuən
huə̌n

說文解字

混流聲也。从水軍聲。一曰洿下皃。

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

儀 yí ceremony Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 義 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

義
義 Sound component
yì right conduct

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngjeŋ(r)ajright, proper; ceremony
Zhengzhangŋral
Unicodengyɛ

說文解字

度也。从人義聲。

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

註 comment Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
主
主 Sound component
zhǔ master

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtos
tjos

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica