肉毒梭状芽孢杆菌
ròu​dú​suō​zhuàng​yá​bāo​gǎn​jūn

Clostridium botulinum

肉 ròu meat

Pictograph of a piece of meat.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (5)

有多将骨將

Meaning (1 of 4 verified)

腐脔胬臠

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

瘸

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyuwkk.nuk meat, flesh

說文解字

《說文》：“肉，胾肉。象形。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.338
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

毒 dú poison

Depicts a plant (屮) that is not good (毐), i.e. a poisonous plant.

Components

屮
屮 Meaning component
chè, cǎo sprout
毐
毐 Meaning component
aǐ, ǎi person of reprehensible morals

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

碡

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

纛

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdowk[d]ˤuk poison (n.)
dowkm-[d]ˤuk-s to poison (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“毒，厚也，害人之艸，往往而生。从屮，从毐。，古文毒，从刀、葍。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
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Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

梭 suō, xùn weaver's shuttle

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 夋 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
夋
夋 Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsloːl
Unicodesuɑ

說文解字

木也。从木夋聲。

Sources

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Unicode
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

状 zhuàng form, shape Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犬 represents the meaning and 丬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 狀.

Components

丬
丬 Sound component
qiáng piece of wood

丬 is a component form of 爿.

犬
犬 Meaning component
quǎn dog

Sources

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

芽 yá bud

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 牙 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

牙
牙 Sound component
yá tooth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngæm-ɢˤ<r>ashoot, sprout
Zhengzhangŋraː
Unicodenga

說文解字

萌芽也。从艸牙聲。

Sources

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Unicode
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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

孢 bāo spore

Phonosemantic compound. 子 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.

Components

子
子 Meaning component
zi, zǐ child
包
包 Sound component
bāo wrap

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

杆 gān, gǎn pole Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound. Simplified form of 桿.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
干
干 Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːns
Unicodegɑn

Sources

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Unicode
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

菌 jūn mushroom

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

囷
囷 Sound component
qūn round-shaped storage bin for grain

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgwinX[ɡ]runʔmushroom
Zhengzhangɡonʔ
ɡrunʔ

說文解字

地蕈也。从艸囷聲。

Sources

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

狀 zhuàng form, shape Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 犬 represents the meaning and 爿 represents the sound.

Components

爿
爿 Sound component
pán, qiáng piece of wood
犬
犬 Meaning component
quǎn dog

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
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
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzrjangH[dz]raŋ-s form, appearance

說文解字

《說文》：“狀，犬形也。从犬，爿聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
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Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

桿 pole Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 旱 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
旱
旱 Sound component
hàn drought

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːnʔ

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica