虞舜
Yú Shùn

Emperor Shun

虞 yú concerned about

Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the meaning and 吳 represents the sound.

Components

虍
虍 Meaning component
hū tiger

虍 is a component form of 虎.

吳
吳 Sound component
one of warring states

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Xin 9-23 AD
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 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-Sagartngju[ŋ]ʷ(r)a foresee
ngju[ŋ]ʷ(r)a gamester; forester

說文解字

《說文》：“虞，騶虞也。白虎黑文，尾長於身。仁獸，食自死之肉。从虍，吳聲。《詩》曰：‘于嗟乎騶虞’。”

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)

舜 shùn legendary ruler

Components

爫
爫 Meaning component
zhǎo hand, claw

claw

冖
冖 Unknown component
mì cover
舛
舛 Sound component
chuǎn oppose

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

瞬

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsywinH[s.t]u[n]-sHibiscus
Zhengzhanghljuns

說文解字

艸也。楚謂之葍，秦謂之藑。蔓地連華。象形。从舛，舛亦聲。凡䑞之屬皆从䑞。(今隸變作舜。)

Sources

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