琉璃庙
Liú​lí​miào

Liulimiao

琉 liú sparkling stone

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king

jade

㐬
㐬 Sound component
liú birth

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangru
Unicodeliou

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

璃 lí glass

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 离 represents the sound. Simplified form of 琍.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
离
离 Sound component
lí leave

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːl
rel
Unicodeliɛ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

庙 miào temple Simplified

Simplified form of 廟. Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 朝 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
由
由 Simplified component
yóu cause

Shorthand for the 朝 component in the traditional character 廟.

Sources

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

廟 miào temple Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 朝 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
朝
朝 Sound component
cháo, zhāo dynasty

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Mid Western Zhou ~900 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 Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjewH[m]raw-s a kind of building with side rooms

說文解字

《說文》：“廟，尊先祖皃也。从广，朝聲。庿，古文。”

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)