guī​líng​gāo

turtle jelly

guī turtle or tortoise Simplified

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a tortoise.

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Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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líng, lián fungus

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

is a component form of .

Sound component
lìng command

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangreːŋ

說文解字

卷耳也。从艸令聲。

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

gāo grease, paste

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
gāo high
Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkawCə.kˤaw lard (n.)
kawH[k]ˤaw-s smear with lard (v.)

說文解字

《說文》:“膏,肥也。从肉,高聲。”

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

guī turtle or tortoise Traditional

Pictograph of a tortoise.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjuw[k]ʷə tortoise
kwij[k]ʷrə tortoise

說文解字

《說文》:“龜,舊也,外骨內肉者也。从它,龜頭與它頭同,天地之性,廣肩無雄。龜鼈之類,以它為雄。象足、甲、尾之形。,古文龜。”

Sources

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