邵
Shào

surname

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

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

召
召 Sound component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyewH[d]aw-s(place name)
Zhengzhangdjews
Unicodezhiɛ̀n

說文解字

晉邑也。从邑召聲。

Sources

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