轩辕氏
Xuān​yuán​shì

Yellow Emperor

轩 xuān, xiǎn, xiàn carriage Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound. Simplified form of 軒.

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
干
干 Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

辕 yuán axle Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 袁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 轅.

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
袁
袁 Sound component
yuán robe

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

氏 shì clan

Pictograph of a tool similar to a hammer that is shaped like deer antlers. Original meaning unclear.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (4 of 8 verified)

纸衹舐芪祇哌紙秖

Iconic (1)

氐

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyeXk.deʔ clan

說文解字

《說文》：“氏，巴蜀山名岸脅之旁箸欲落者曰氏。氏崩聲聞數百里。象形，乀聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.859-860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)

軒 carriage Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
干
干 Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjonqʰa[r]nobleman"s carriage
Zhengzhangqʰan
Unicodexiæn

說文解字

曲輈藩車。从車干聲。

Sources

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

轅 axle Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 袁 represents the sound.

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
袁
袁 Sound component
yuán robe

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjwon[ɢ]ʷa[n]carriage-pole
Zhengzhangɢʷan
Unicodehiuæn

說文解字

輈也。从車袁聲。

Sources

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