浦项
Pǔ​xiàng

Pohang

浦 pǔ bank of river

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蒲

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphuXpʰˤaʔriver bank
Zhengzhangpʰaːʔ
Unicodepǒ

說文解字

瀕也。从水甫聲。

Sources

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

项 xiàng neck Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound. Simplified form of 項.

Components

工
工 Sound component
gōng work
Change in sound
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

Depicts a head.

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

項 xiàng neck Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

工
工 Sound component
gōng work
Change in sound
頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page

Depicts a head.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthaewngX[g]ˤroŋʔ neck

說文解字

《說文》：“項，頭後也。从頁，工聲。”

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)