lián​yì​huì

association

lián connect Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
ěr ear

Alludes to earrings connected to the ear.

Simplified component
guān to close

Shorthand for the phonetic 𢇇 component in the traditional character .

Sources

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

friendship Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
Sound component
yi, yí suitable

Sources

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

huì, kuài to gather Simplified

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𡆧 represents the sound.

Components

to join
𡆧
guó ironware
Change in sound

Component uses

Sound (1 of 12 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.442
Readings & variants
Unicode

lián connect Traditional

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

Components

Meaning component
ěr ear

Alludes to earrings connected to the ear.

𢇇
𢇇 Sound component
guān to run threads through a web in weaving
Change in sound

Character Evolution

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 Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

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

friendship Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
Sound component
yi, yí suitable

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋrals
Unicodengyɛ̀

說文解字

《說文》:“誼,人所宜也。从言,从宜,宜亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

huì, kuài to gather Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𡆧 represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
to join
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
𡆧
𡆧 Sound component
guó ironware
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 11 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwajHm-kˤop-s meeting; have a meeting
hwajHɦʷˤajs (< *m-kˤop-s)阿會亘 ēhuìxuān: Skt. ābhāsvara ‘shining’ (E. Hàn)
kwajHkˤop-s calculate; calculation

說文解字

《說文》:“會,合也。从亼,从曾省。曾,益也。令,古文會如此。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.442
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica