蓝短翅鸫 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

lán blue, indigo plant Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 监 represents the sound. Simplified form of 藍.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

监 Sound component

jiān watch carefully

Change in sound

蓝 and 监 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
蓝 *[N-k.]rˤam
监 *[k]ˤram

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

duǎn short

Phonosemantic compound. 矢 represents the meaning and 豆 represents the sound.

Components

矢 Meaning component

shǐ arrow

豆 Sound component

dòu bean

Change in sound

短 and 豆 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
短 *tˤorʔ
豆 *[N.t]ˤo-s

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	twanX	tˤorʔ	short

說文解字

《說文》：“短，有所長短，以矢為正。从矢，豆聲。”

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)

chì wings

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound. Simplified form of 翄.

Components

羽 Meaning component

yǔ feather

支 Sound component

zhī support, hold up

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syeH	s-kʰe-s	wing
Zhengzhang		qʰjes
Unicode	shiə̌

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

dōng thrush Simplified

Components

东 Sound component

dōng east

鸟 Meaning component

niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

lán blue, indigo plant Traditional

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

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

監 Sound component

jiān watch carefully

Change in sound

藍 and 監 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
藍 *[N-k.]rˤam
監 *[k]ˤram

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lam	[N-k.]rˤam	indigo

說文解字

《說文》：“藍，染青草也。从艸，監聲。”

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)

thrush Traditional

Components

東 Sound component

dōng east

鳥 Meaning component

niǎo bird

bird

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	toːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

蓝 lán blue, indigo plant Simplified

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短 duǎn short

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翅 chì wings

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鸫 dōng thrush Simplified

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藍 lán blue, indigo plant Traditional

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鶇 thrush Traditional

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lán blue, indigo plant Simplified

duǎn short

chì wings

dōng thrush Simplified

lán blue, indigo plant Traditional

thrush Traditional