闹矛盾
nào​máo​dùn

conflict

闹 nào, nao noisy, quarrel Simplified

Simplified form of 鬧. Markets (市) and fights (鬥) are noisy.

Components

门
门 Simplified component
mén, men door

Shorthand for the 鬥 component in the traditional character 鬧.

市
市 Meaning component
shì market

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

矛 máo spear

Pictograph of a spear-like weapon.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 6 verified)

柔茅袤蟊務楙

Meaning (1 of 3 verified)

矜矞敄

Deleted (1)

务

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmjuwm(r)u a kind of lance

說文解字

《說文》：“矛，酋矛也。建於兵車，長二丈。象形。，古文矛，从戈。”

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)

盾 dùn shield

Originally a pictograph of a shield. The current form depicts a person (人) holding a shield.

Components

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts a shield.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (2)

古戎

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

博遁

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

循遁

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdwonXlˤu[n]ʔ shield

說文解字

《說文》：“盾，瞂也，所以扞身蔽目。象形。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫劉志基《中國漢字文物大系》Vol. 4, p.74
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鬧 nào, nao noisy; quarrel Traditional

Markets (市) and fights (鬥) are noisy.

Components

鬥
鬥 Meaning component
fight
市
市 Meaning component
shì market

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrnaːws

說文解字

《說文新附》：“鬧，不静也。从市、鬥。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)