邓
dèng

surname

Components

又
又 Simplified component
yòu again
阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

place

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鄧 surname Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 登 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

登
登 Sound component
dēng rise

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Jin 266-420 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 Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdɯːŋs
Unicodedhə̀ng

說文解字

曼姓之國。今屬南陽。从邑登聲。

Sources

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