肺炎霉浆菌
fèi​yán​méi​jiāng​jūn

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

肺 fèi lungs

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

巿
巿 Sound component
fú, pó ceremonial knee coverings

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphjojHpʰo[t]-slung
phajHpʰˤ[a][t]-sdense, luxuriant (foliage)
Zhengzhangpʰobs
Unicodepiæ̀i

說文解字

金藏也。从肉巿聲。

Sources

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Unicode
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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

炎 yán flame

Combination of two fires (火).

Components

火
火 Iconic component
huǒ fire
火
火 Iconic component
huǒ fire

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 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
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 12 verified)

谈淡毯痰氮琰郯啖锬剡談赕

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

琰欻燅

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjem[ɢ]ʷ(r)am burn, blazing

說文解字

《說文》：“炎，火光上也。从重火。”

Sources

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

霉 méi mildew Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound. Simplified form of 黴.

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
每
每 Sound component
měi every

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmrɯl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

浆 jiāng thick fluid, broth, starch Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 水 represents the meaning and 将 represents the sound. Simplified form of 漿.

Components

将
将 SoundRemnant component
jiāng, jiàng will
水
水 Meaning component
shuǐ water

water

Sources

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

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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Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

黴 méi mold Traditional

A small 微 black 黑 growth; 微 also provides the pronunciation

Components

微
微 Sound component
wēi small
Change in sound
黑
黑 Meaning component
hēi black

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmrɯl
mɯːls

說文解字

《說文》：“黴，中久雨青黑。从黑，微省聲。”

Sources

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

漿 jiāng thick fluid, broth, starch Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 水 represents the meaning and 將 represents the sound.

Components

將
將 Sound component
jiāng, jiàng take
水
水 Meaning component
shuǐ water

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsjang[ts]aŋ drink (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“，酢也。从水，將省聲。，古文省。”

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)