莲湖
Lián​hú

Lianhu District

莲 lián, liǎn lotus Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 连 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蓮.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

连
连 Sound component
lián connect, join, link

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

湖 hú a lake

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 胡 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

胡
胡 Sound component
hú beard

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthu[g]ˤa lake

說文解字

《說文》：“湖，大陂也。从水，胡聲。揚州浸有五湖。浸，川澤所仰以灌溉也。”

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)

蓮 lotus Traditional

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

連
連 Sound component
lián connect, join, link

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-Sagartlenk.[r]ˤe[n] (cf. 蕑 jiān < kean < *kˤre[n] (dial. *k.rˤ- > kˤr-) ‘lotus fruit (Ode 145.2)’)lotus fruit
Zhengzhangrenʔ
reːn
Unicodelen

說文解字

芙蕖之實也。从艸連聲。

Sources

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