芸签
yún​qiān

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芸 yún, yì Japanese variant of 藝|艺[yì]

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 云 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕓.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

云
云 Sound component
yún clouds

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjun[ɢ]ʷə[n]ample, rich
Zhengzhangɢun

說文解字

艸也。似目宿。从艸云聲。《淮南子》說：“芸艸可以死復生。”

Sources

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

签 qiān sign Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 簽.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

佥
佥 Sound component
qiān together

Sources

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

籤 qiān tally Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 韱 represents the sound.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

韱
韱 Sound component
xiān wild onions or leeks

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰem

說文解字

《說文》：“籤，驗也。一曰銳也，貫也。从竹，韱聲。”

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)