bō​li​zhào

glass cover

glass

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
wáng king
Sound component
skin

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

glass

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
wáng king
Sound component
leave

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːl
rel
Unicodeliɛ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

zhào basket for catching fish

Components

Meaning component
wǎng net or eye

net

Sound component
zhuó, zhuō profound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttraewHtˤrawk-s covering basket

說文解字

《說文》:“罩,捕魚器也。从网,卓聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica