诚朴
chéng​pǔ

unpretentious

诚 chéng sincere Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 成 represents the sound. Simplified form of 誠.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

成
成 Sound component
chéng, cheng completed

Sources

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

朴 pǔ surname Piao Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 卜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 樸.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
卜
卜 Sound component
bo fortune telling

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰroːɡ

說文解字

木皮也。从木卜聲。

Sources

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

誠 chéng sincere Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 成 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
成
成 Sound component
chéng, cheng completed

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyeng[d]eŋ sincere

說文解字

《說文》：“誠，信也。从言，成聲。”

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)

樸 simple Traditional

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

菐
菐 Sound component
pú (beat against), tedious

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
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphæwkpʰˤrokunworked wood
Zhengzhangbaː
pʰroːɡ
poːɡ
boːɡ
Unicodepak

說文解字

木素也。从木菐聲。

Sources

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