环颈山鹧鸪
huán​jǐng​shān​zhè​gū

hill partridge

环 huán jade ring or bracelet Simplified

Simplified form of 環. Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 睘 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩
𤣩 Meaning component
yù jade
不
不 Simplified component
bù, bu no

Shorthand for the 睘 component in the traditional character 環.

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颈 jǐng neck Simplified

Simplfied form of 頸. Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 𢀖 represents the sound.

Components

𢀖
𢀖 Sound component
jīng, xíng warp (textile)
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

Sources

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

山 shān mountain

Pictograph of a mountain.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (8 of 109 verified)

密岛岩峰崇幽峡岗岳崩岭崖峻崔屿岚崎嵌峭崭峙峨崛岔巍嵩岑巅峦嵋屹岐岖岬岱嵇岌峪嶙峋崂峒崴岷岫嵘峁嶂峥崆崧岢崮峤岘嵊崾峄嵴崃嵬嶝岵岿崞嵝嵛崤岣嵯嵫崦岜岽豳嶷岙岈屺岍嵐嶽嶄嶺巆嶧峴巒巓崢屵岡嶼島嶇巔崒巖嵒嶸嶡峇崗崑崙嶗峽嶪徴

Sound (1 of 11 verified)

仙灿讪汕舢疝籼氙訕赸屾

Simplified (1)

岁

Deleted (1)

冈

Iconic (1)

屾

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsreans-ŋrar mountain, hill

說文解字

《說文》：“山，宣也。宣气，生萬物，有石而高。象形。”

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鹧 zhè partridge Simplified

Components

庶
庶 Sound component
shù, zhù, zhē numerous
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

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鸪 gū species of Taiwan pigeon Simplified

Components

古
古 Sound component
gǔ old
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

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環 huán jade ring or bracelet Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 睘 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩
𤣩 Meaning component
yù jade
睘
睘 Sound component
qióng round
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwaenC.ɢʷˤ<r>en ring (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“環，璧也。肉好若一謂之環。从玉，睘聲。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

頸 jǐng neck Traditional

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

Components

頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page
巠
巠 Sound component
jīng warp (textile)

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjiengm-[k]eŋ (no palatalization before *-eŋ?)neck
kjiengX[k]eŋʔ (no palatalization before *-eŋ?)neck

說文解字

《說文》：“頸，頭莖也。从頁，巠聲。”

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鷓 partridge Traditional

Components

庶
庶 Sound component
shù, zhù, zhē numerous
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtjaːɡs
Unicodejià

說文解字

鷓鴣，鳥名。从鳥庶聲。

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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鴣 species of Taiwan pigeon Traditional

Components

古
古 Sound component
gǔ old
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkaː
Unicodego

說文解字

鷓鴣也。从鳥古聲。

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)