涅磐

涅 niè blacken

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

圼
圼 Sound component
niè

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangniːɡ

說文解字

黑土在水中也。从水从土，日聲。

Sources

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

磐 pán large rock

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 般 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
般
般 Sound component
bān sort

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbaːn
Unicodebhɑn

Sources

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