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Shāwēng

Shakespeare

shā, suō, suī kind of sedge grass

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

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

沙 Sound component

shā sand

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

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		soːl
Unicode	suɑ

說文解字

鎬侯也。从艸沙聲。

Sources

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

wēng old man

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 公 represents the sound.

Components

羽 Meaning component

yǔ feather

公 Sound component

gōng public

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

嗡蓊暡塕螉瞈

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ʔuwng	qˤoŋ	old man (Han?)
Zhengzhang		qloːŋ
Unicode	qung

說文解字

頸毛也。从羽公聲。

Sources

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