yě​yīng​méi

chokeberry

field, wilderness

Phonosemantic compound. and represent the meaning, and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tián field
Meaning component
earth
Sound component
give
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 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 Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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 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

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyaeXlAʔ open country

說文解字

《說文》:“野,郊外也。从里,予聲。,古文野,从里省,从林。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yīng cherry Simplified

Components

Meaning component
tree

tree

Sound component
yīng infant

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

méi moss

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

is a component form of .

Sound component
měi every

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmɯs
mɯː
mɯːs
Unicodeməi

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

cherry Traditional

Components

Meaning component
tree

tree

Sound component
yīng infant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqreːŋ
Unicodeqɛng

說文解字

果也。从木嬰聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica