破烂
pò​làn

junk

破 pò break

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
皮
皮 Sound component
pí skin
Change in sound

Character Evolution

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphaHpʰˤaj-s break (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“破，石碎也。从石，皮聲。”

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)

烂 làn rotten Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 兰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 爛.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
兰
兰 Sound component
lán orchid

Sources

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

爛 làn rotten Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 闌 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
闌
闌 Sound component
door screen

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlanH[r]ˤan-s cooked until soft

說文解字

《說文》：“爤，孰也。从火，蘭聲。燗，或从閒。”

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)