联合国粮农组织 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

lián connect Simplified

Simplified form of 聯. Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound.

Components

耳 Meaning component

ěr ear

Alludes to earrings connected to the ear.

关 Simplified component

guān to close

Shorthand for the phonetic 𢇇 component in the traditional character 聯.

Sources

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

hé to join

Depicts two mouths talking to each other.

Components

亼 Iconic component

jí (upside-down mouth), to assemble

口 Iconic component

kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

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

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Sound (7 of 22 verified)

给答哈恰拾盒鸽颌蛤龛袷給饸铪閤荅鴿頜龕峇餄耠 show all 22 show fewer

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kop	kˤop	together; put together; combined
	hop	m-kˤop	come together; bring together

說文解字

《說文》：“合，合口也。从亼，从口。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.438
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

guó nation Simplified

Simplified form of 國. Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 或 represents the sound.

Components

囗 Meaning component

wéi, guó surround

玉 Sound Simplified component

yù jade

Shorthand for the 或 component in the traditional character 國.

Change in sound

国 and 玉 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
国 *[C.q]ʷˤək
玉 *[ŋ](r)ok (< uvular?)

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

帼蝈掴

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Readings & variants: Unicode

liáng grain, food Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 良 represents the sound. Simplified form of 糧.

Components

米 Meaning component

mǐ rice

良 Sound component

liáng good

Character Evolution

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	raŋ

說文解字

《說文》：“糧，穀也。从米，量聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

nóng agriculture, farming Simplified

Simplified form of 農. Depicts using a farming tool (辰) in a field (田).

Components

辰 Iconic Simplified component

chén early morning

Depicts a farming tool.

田 Deleted component

tián field

The 田 (field) component was deleted for simplification.

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

浓侬脓哝

Sources

Character origin: 李学勤《字源》p.207
Readings & variants: Unicode

zǔ class Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound. Simplified form of 組.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

且 Sound component

qiě moreover

Change in sound

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

Sources

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

zhī weave Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 只 represents the sound. Simplified form of 織.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

只 Sound component

zhǐ, zhī only

Sources

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

lián connect Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound.

Components

耳 Meaning component

ěr ear

Alludes to earrings connected to the ear.

𢇇 Sound component

guān to run threads through a web in weaving

Change in sound

聯 and 𢇇 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
聯 *ɡ·ron
𢇇 *kroːn

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說文解字

《說文》：“聯，連也。从耳，耳連於頰也；从絲，絲連不絕也。”

Sources

Character origin: Zhengzhang Shangfang漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

guó nation Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 或 represents the sound.

Components

囗 Meaning component

wéi, guó surround

或 Sound component

huò or

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Sound (0 of 4 verified)

膕幗蟈摑

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kwok	[C.q]ʷˤək	state (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“國，邦也。从囗，从或。”

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)

liáng grain, food Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 量 represents the sound.

Components

米 Meaning component

mǐ rice

量 Sound component

liàng, liang, liáng measure

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Baxter-Sagart	ljang	[r]aŋ	grain, provisions

說文解字

《說文》：“糧，穀也。从米，量聲。”

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)

nóng agriculture, farming Traditional

Depicts using a farming tool (辰) in a field (田).

Components

田 Iconic component

tián field

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 田 than it was in ancient scripts.

辰 Iconic component

chén early morning

Depicts a farming tool.

Character Evolution

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Sound (1 of 5 verified)

膿噥儂憹濃

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nowng	nˤ[o]ŋ	agriculture; to farm

說文解字

《說文》：“，耕也。从，囟聲。，籀文从林。，古文；辳，亦古文。”

Sources

Character origin: 李学勤《字源》p.207
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zǔ class Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

且 Sound component

qiě moreover

Change in sound

組 and 且 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
組 tzǒ
且 tsjo

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ʔsaːʔ
Unicode	tzǒ

說文解字

《說文》：“組，綬屬。其小者，以為冕纓。从糸，且聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhī weave Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 戠 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

戠 Sound component

zhī, zhí to gather

Character Evolution

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Baxter-Sagart	tsyik	tək	weave (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“織，作布帛之總名也。从糸，戠聲。”

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)

联 lián connect Simplified

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合 hé to join

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Iconic (2)

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国 guó nation Simplified

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粮 liáng grain, food Simplified

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农 nóng agriculture, farming Simplified

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组 zǔ class Simplified

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织 zhī weave Simplified

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聯 lián connect Traditional

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國 guó nation Traditional

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糧 liáng grain, food Traditional

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農 nóng agriculture, farming Traditional

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組 zǔ class Traditional

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織 zhī weave Traditional

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lián connect Simplified

hé to join

guó nation Simplified

liáng grain, food Simplified

nóng agriculture, farming Simplified

zǔ class Simplified

zhī weave Simplified

lián connect Traditional

guó nation Traditional

liáng grain, food Traditional

nóng agriculture, farming Traditional

zǔ class Traditional

zhī weave Traditional