téng

copy

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
zhèn pronoun 'I'
Meaning component
yán speech

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'ɯːŋ

說文解字

《說文》:“謄,迻書也。从言,朕聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

téng copy Simplified

Components

Sound component
juǎn to roll rice into a ball
Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode