瑞狮
Ruì Shī

auspicious lion

瑞 ruì token made of jade, lucky, auspicious

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

Components

𤣩
𤣩 Meaning component
yù jade
耑
耑 Sound component
duān, zhuān tip, start, extremity
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyweH[d]or-s jade tablet

說文解字

《說文》：“瑞，以玉為信也。从玉、耑。”

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)

狮 shī lion Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 师 represents the sound. Simplified form of 獅.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

师
师 Sound component
shī teacher

Sources

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

獅 shī lion Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 師 represents the sound.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

師
師 Sound component
shī teacher

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsri
Unicodeshri

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang