翠峦

翠 cuì color green

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 卒 represents the sound.

Components

羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather
卒
卒 Sound component
zú, cù, cuì soldier, to finish

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰuds
Unicodetsuì

說文解字

青羽雀也。出鬱林。从羽卒聲。

Sources

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

峦 luán mountain range Simplified

Components

亦
亦 Unknown component
yì also
山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

巒 luán mountain range Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
䜌
䜌 Sound component
luán tie together

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangb·roːn
Unicodeluɑn

說文解字

山小而銳。从山䜌聲。

Sources

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