邺
Yè

place in today's Henan province

Components

业
业 Sound component
yè profession
阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

place

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鄴 place in today's Henan province Traditional

Components

業
業 Sound component
yè profession
阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

place

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋab
Unicodengiæp

說文解字

魏郡縣。从邑業聲。

Sources

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