炳蔚
bǐng​wèi

splendid

炳 bǐng bright

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 丙 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
丙
丙 Sound component
bǐng third

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpraŋʔ
Unicodebiæ̌ng

說文解字

明也。从火丙聲。

Sources

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

蔚 wèi, yù luxuriant

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

尉
尉 Sound component
wèi, yù, yùn officer

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartʔjwɨjHʔut-sArtemisia
ʔjutʔutArtemisia
Zhengzhangquds
qud
Unicodeqiuət

說文解字

牡蒿也。从艸𤈫聲。

Sources

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