问津 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

wèn, wen ask (about) Simplified

Simplified form of 問. Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 门 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

门 Sound component

mén, men door

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

jīn ferry

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 𦘔 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

𦘔 Sound component

jīn decorate with brush

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsin	[ts]i[n]	ford (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“津，水渡也。从水，聲。，古文从舟，从淮。”

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)

wèn, wen ask (about) Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 門 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

門 Sound component

mén, men door

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mjunH	C.mu[n]-s	ask

說文解字

《說文》：“問，訊也。从口，門聲。”

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)

问 wèn, wen ask (about) Simplified

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津 jīn ferry

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問 wèn, wen ask (about) Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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wèn, wen ask (about) Simplified

jīn ferry

wèn, wen ask (about) Traditional