矽镁层
xī​měi​céng

sima

矽 xī, xì silicon

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone

stone

夕
夕 Sound component
xī evening

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

镁 měi magnesium Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 美 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鎂.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

美
美 Sound component
měi beautiful

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

层 céng floor (of a building) Simplified

Simplified form of 層. Phonosemantic compound. 户 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound.

Components

户
户 Meaning component
hù, hu door
云
云 Simplified component
yún clouds

Shorthand for the 曾 component in the traditional character 層.

Sources

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

鎂 měi magnesium Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 美 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

美
美 Sound component
měi beautiful

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

層 céng floor (of a building) Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 户 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound.

Components

户
户 Meaning component
hù, hu door
曾
曾 Sound component
céng already

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzongN-s-tˤəŋ in two storeys, double
dzongm-s-tˤəŋ additional floor, field

說文解字

《說文》：“層，重屋也。从尸，曾聲。”

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)