都匀

都 dōu, dū metropolis

Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Based on the meaning "large city, capital", which is the meaning when pronounced "dū". When pronounced "dōu", it has the unrelated meaning "all", etymologically related to 多 (many).

Components

者
者 Sound component
zhě one who...
Change in sound
⻏
⻏ Meaning component
yì city

⻏ is a component form of 邑.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

嘟

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttutˤa capital city

說文解字

有先君之舊宗廟曰都。从邑者聲。周禮：距國五百里爲都。

Sources

Character origin
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)

匀 yún equal Simplified

Simplified form of 勻. Phonosemantic compound. 云 represents the sound and 吕 represents the meaning.

Components

云
云 Sound component
yún clouds
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 云 than it was in ancient scripts.
吕
吕 Meaning component
lǚ pitchpipe
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 吕 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

韵钧昀鈞

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

韵

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywin[N-q]ʷi[n] even, uniform
ywin[ɢ]ʷi[ŋ] little, few (Shuōwén)

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.714-715
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

勻 yún equal Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 云 represents the sound and 吕 represents the meaning.

Components

云
云 Sound component
yún clouds
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 云 than it was in ancient scripts.
吕
吕 Meaning component
lǚ pitchpipe
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 吕 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (4)

军均軍䀏

Remnant (3)

军軍䀏

Meaning (1)

均

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywin[N-q]ʷi[n]even, uniform
ywin[ɢ]ʷi[ŋ]little, few (Shuōwén)
Zhengzhangɢʷin

說文解字

《說文》：“勻，少也。从勹、二。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.714-715
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)