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Yuè Hàn Tiělù

Canton-Hankou Railway

yuè Guangdong and Guangxi provinces Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

hàn Chinese people Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound. In simplified characters, the 𦰩 component is abbreviated to 又.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

又 Simplified component

yòu again

Shorthand for the 𦰩 component in the traditional character 漢.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

tiě iron Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 失 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鐵.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

失 Sound component

shī lose

Change in sound

铁 and 失 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
铁 *l̥ˤik
失 *l̥i[t]

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

lù road

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.

Components

足 Meaning component

zú foot

各 Sound component

gè each

Change in sound

路 and 各 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
路 *Cə.rˤak-s
各 *kˤak

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

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

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

露璐潞鹭鷺

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	luH	Cə.rˤak-s	road

說文解字

《說文》：“路，道也。从足，从各。”

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)

Guangdong and Guangxi provinces Traditional

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjwot	[ɢ]ʷat	generous, favorable
Zhengzhang		ɢʷad

說文解字

亏也。審愼之詞者。从亏从宷。《周書》曰：“粤三日丁亥。”

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

hàn Chinese people Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

𦰩 Sound component

jiān to sigh

Change in sound

漢 and 𦰩 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xanH	n̥ˤar-s (W dialect: n̥- > MC x-, -r > *-n)	(river name)

說文解字

《說文》：“漢，漾也，東為滄浪水。从水，難省聲。，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)

tiě iron Traditional

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

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

𢧤 Sound component

zhì big

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thet	l̥ˤik	iron

說文解字

《說文》：“鐵，黑金也。从金，聲。，鐵或省。銕，古文鐵从夷。”

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)