谭咏麟
Tán Yǒng​lín

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谭 tán surname Simplified

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

覃
覃 Sound component
tán, qín, yǎn reach to

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

咏 yǒng sing song or poem Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 永 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詠.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
永
永 Sound component
yǒng long

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 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-SagarthjwængH[ɢ]ʷraŋ-schant (v.)
Zhengzhangɢʷraŋs
Unicodehiuæ̀ng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

麟 lín female of Chinese unicorn

Components

鹿
鹿 Meaning component
lù deer

deer

粦
粦 Sound component
lín will-o'-the wisp, phosphorus

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrin
Unicodelin

說文解字

大牝鹿也。从鹿粦聲。

Sources

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

譚 surname Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

覃
覃 Sound component
tán, qín, yǎn reach to

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'ɯːm
l'ɯːmʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

詠 sing song or poem Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
永
永 Sound component
yǒng long

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 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-SagarthjwaengH[ɢ]ʷraŋ-schant (v.)
Zhengzhangɢʷraŋs
Unicodehiuæ̀ng

說文解字

歌也。从言永聲。

Sources

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