萈

Pictogram (象形) – a goat, showing its horns, head, legs and tail. Shuowen erroneously considers it to be a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡoːn): phonetic 𥄕 () + semantic [Term?] (“legs of a rabbit”).


萫

broth made from various vegetables and meat


萣

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 定 (OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs).

Only used in 茄萣 (Jiādìng, “a district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan”).


萷

For pronunciation and definitions of 萷 – see 梢 (“pointed tip of something long like a branch; rudder”).
(This character is a variant form of 梢).


菇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 艸 + phonetic 姑 (OC *kaː).


萴

Alternative name for 附子 (fùzǐ, “aconite root”).


萏

Only used in 菡萏 (hàndàn, “lotus flower”).


菽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hljɯwɢ): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 叔 (OC *hljɯwɢ).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nuk (“bean, eye”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with Proto-Lolo-Burmese *(s-)nok (“bean”) (whence Burmese ပဲနောက် (pai:nauk, “bean”), Lahu nɔ̂ʔ, etc.), Jingpho nòʔ.

Han compound

beans and peas collectively; pulse; legume


葇

(Only used in 香葇.) Elsholtzia ciliata, an aromatic herb from the mint family that can produce aromatic oil and also be used as medicine, also called 香薷.


臍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zliːl): semantic 肉 (“meat; flesh”) + phonetic 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls).
Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-taj (“navel; abdomen; centre; self”) (Weidert, 1987; Schuessler, 2007), with metathesis of *s-t- > *dz- (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan ལྟེ (lte, “navel”), Chepang तोय् (“navel”), and more distantly, Burmese လယ် (lai, “center, middle”).

inh

露臍裝／露脐装


萰

Alternative name for 白蘞／白蔹 (báiliǎn, “root of Ampelopsis japonica”).


葄

to put something under something else to raise or balance it


葨

a kind of grass that grows in the mountains


葲

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


葶

Draba nemorosa
Wikispecies:Draba nemorosa


葥

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/


蒈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 艹 + phonetic 皆.
Borrowed from English carane.


萵

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qloːl): semantic 艹 (“herbage”) + phonetic 咼 (OC *kʰʷroːl).


莧

Amaranthus tricolor
Amaranthus tricolor#Translingual


蒳

a plant with leaves similar to those of a palm tree


蒣

A kind of grass mentioned in ancient books


蒓

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djun): semantic 艸 (“plant”) + phonetic 純 (OC *tjunʔ, *djun)


菱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯŋ): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 夌 (OC *rɯŋ).

Han compound

water caltrop; water chestnut (Trapa natans)


蒂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *teːds): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 帝 (OC *teːɡs)


蓂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *meːŋ, *meːɡ): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 冥 (OC *meːŋ)


蓆

/t͡sʰioʔ¹²¹/

/t͡sʰioʔ¹²¹/

woven mat made of bamboo strips or grass


蓊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qloːŋ, *qloːŋʔ): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 翁 (OC *qloːŋ).

Han compound

(of vegetation) lush; luxuriant; flourishing


蓲

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/


蓖

Only used in 蓖麻 (bìmá, “castor oil plant”).


蓳

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kɯnʔ): semantic 艸 + phonetic 堇 (OC *ɡrɯn, *kɯnʔ).

Han compound

菫
堇
堇
䒺
𦸧
𦸨
𦻋
𦻍


蔙

Alternative name for 旋覆花 (xuánfùhuā, “Inula flower”).


葚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦljumʔ): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 甚 (OC *ɡljumʔ, *ɡljums).
Area word; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗum ~ *ɗuum (“ripe; ripe-coloured”) (> Khmer ទុំ (tum, “to be ripe”)), Proto-Kuki-Chin *ɗum (“black; blue”), *thim (“dark”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT). Also compare 黮 (OC *l̥ʰuːmʔ, *l'uːmʔ, “dark (as a mulberry)”).


蔉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kluːnʔ): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 袞 (OC *kluːnʔ)


蔠

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjuŋ): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 終 (OC *tjuŋ).


蓿

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *suɡ): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 宿 (OC *suɡs, *suɡ)


蔍

A type of grass whose leaves resemble deer's hooves


蔪

Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tip ~ *tu(p/m) (“to wrap up”); see 蠶 (OC *zluːm, “silkworm”) for more (STEDT).


蔔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯːɡ): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 匐 (OC *bɯːɡ, *bɯɡ).


蕥

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 雅 (OC *ŋraːʔ).

^‡ (of rice crop) to not form ears and blossom


蕆

in order to finish up the previously unfinished work

以蕆陳事

以蒇陈事


蕦

Alternative name for 酸模 (suānmó, “sorrel”).


蕝

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


蕯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 隆 (OC *ɡ·ruːŋ)


蕓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢun): semantic 艸 + phonetic 雲 (OC *ɢun).


蕵

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *suːn): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 飧 (OC *suːn).


蕘

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋjew): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).


蕺

Houttuynia cordata
Houttuynia cordata#Translingual

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine#English

Houttuynia cordata (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat boils and to reduce "damp-heat")


蕣

Hibiscus syriacus
Hibiscus syriacus#Translingual


薒

a kind of grass which can be woven into mats


蕞

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


蓍

Achillea millefolium
Achillea millefolium#Translingual


薓

Original form of 參 (“ginseng or other similar plants”).


薘

Plantago major
Plantago major#Translingual


藆

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/


蕙

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (蕙):
* → Japanese: 蕙(けい) (kei); 蕙(え) (e)
* → Korean: 혜(蕙) (hye)
* → Vietnamese: huệ (蕙)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷiːds): semantic 艹 + phonetic 惠 (OC *ɢʷiːds).


藊

Only used in 藊豆, alternative form of 扁豆 (biǎndòu, “hyacinth bean”)


薽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ken, *kjin): semantic 艹 + phonetic 甄 (OC *ken, *kin).


藑

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/


薷

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): phonetic 需 (OC *sno) + semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”).


藭

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/


蔗

/t͡siɛ²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/t͡siɛ²¹⁻²¹⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjaːɡs): semantic 艹 + phonetic 庶 (OC *hljaɡs).
See 藷蔗／薯蔗 (zhūzhè).

zh-l

藷蔗／薯蔗 (zhūzhè)


薤

Allium chinense
Allium chinense#Translingual


藷

For pronunciation and definitions of 藷 – see 薯 (“Chinese yam”).
(This character is a variant form of 薯).

zh-see

Only used in 藷蔗／𫉄蔗 (zhūzhè, “sugar cane”).


藾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːds): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 賴 (OC *raːds).


蘨

(obsolete, of vegetation) luxuriant; flourishing


藠

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 艹 + phonetic 皛 (OC *pʰraːɡ, *ɡeːwʔ).


蘵

a kind of grass with small white flowers


蘩

hoary mugwort, dusty miller (Artemisia stelleriana)


蘠

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/


虈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hŋraw): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 嚻 (OC *ŋaːw, *hŋraw).

Han compound

Angelica dahurica
Angelica dahurica#Translingual

(obsolete) Dahurian angelica (Angelica dahurica)


虓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰruː): phonetic 九 (OC *kuʔ) + semantic 虎.

Han compound

The king aroused his warlike energy, as if he were moved with anger.
He advanced his tiger-like officers, looking fierce like roaring tigers.

The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Wáng fèn jué wǔ, rú zhèn rú nù.
Jìn jué hǔ chén, kàn rú xiāohǔ.

王奮厥武、如震如怒。
進厥虎臣，闞如虓虎。

王奋厥武、如震如怒。
进厥虎臣，阚如虓虎。

Lü Bu possessed a roaring tiger's valor, yet no strategy of talented and extraordinary people's; he was frivolous, impetuous, and shifty, only looking out for his own gain. From antiquity till now, there was none like this who was not destroyed.

Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3ʳᵈ century CE

Lǚ Bù yǒu xiāohǔ zhī yǒng, ér wú yīngqí zhī lüè, qīng jiǎo fǎnfù, wéilìshìshì. Zìgǔ jíjīn, wèiyǒu ruòcǐ bù yímiè yě.

呂布有虓虎之勇，而無英奇之略，輕狡反覆，唯利是視。自古及今，未有若此不夷滅也。

吕布有虓虎之勇，而无英奇之略，轻狡反覆，唯利是视。自古及今，未有若此不夷灭也。


蘁

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 噩 (OC *ŋaːɡ).

To make men in heart submit, and not dare to stand opposed to him; to establish the fixed law for all under heaven.

Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Shǐ rén nǎi yǐ xīn fú ér bùgǎn wù lì, dìng tiānxià zhī dìng.

使人乃以心服而不敢蘁立，定天下之定。


虡

簴
鐻
𣝛
𧇽
𨯼
𧇆
𧆾
𨮗
𥲤
𣚛

See also: 簨

(historical) vertical posts of the frame on which bells, drums, and other instruments hang


虍

Pictogram (象形) – tiger's head.
Compare 虎 which includes the body.


虳

Alternative name for 鼠 (shǔ, “rat; mouse”).


虩

[They] reverently respected and revered Heaven's Mandate, protected and regulated their [state of] Qin, and vigilantly attended to the Man and the Xia.

c. Spring and Autumn period, Qin Gong gui inscriptions (秦公簋銘文). English text based on the translation by Gilbert Mattos.

Yán gōng yín tiānmìng, bǎo yè jué Qín, xì shì Mán Xià.

嚴龏夤天命，保業厥秦，虩事蠻夏。

严𱍁夤天命，保业厥秦，虩事蛮夏。

(archaic) full of fear; in awe; with great vigilance; cautiously


蚈

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/


蚇

Used in 蚇蠖, which is an alternative form of 尺蠖 (chǐhuò)


蚅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qreːɡ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 厄 (OC *qreːɡ).


薸

Possibly related to 漂 (OC *pʰew, “to float; to drift”) (Liu, 1999).
Norman and Mei (1976) suggest instead that this word is of Austroasiatic origin, comparing it to Vietnamese bèo (“duckweed”), which they further relate to Mon ဗေဝ် (“to ride low in the water”) (< Proto-Mon-Khmer *ber (“to float”)). However, Sagart (2008) counts it among "either East Asian areal words if not Chinese words in disguise".


蚺

For Cantonese word naːm²¹, compare Thai เหลือม (lʉ̌ʉam, “python”) and Zhuang nuem (“python”).


蚿

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡeːn): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).


蕨

→ Proto-Tai: *kuːtᴰ

Thai: กูด (gùut)

Sino-Tibetan; cognate with Tibetan སྐྱས་མ (skyas ma) ~ སྐྱེས་མ (skyes ma, “fern”) (Schuessler, 2007).

I ascended that hill in the south, and gathered the brackens.

陟彼南山、言采其蕨。


蛓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰles, *sʰɯs): semantic 虫 + phonetic 𢦏 (OC *ʔslɯː)


蛢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *beːŋ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 并 (OC *peŋ, *peŋs)


蚲

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *beŋ): semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 平 (OC *ben, *beŋ)


蚯

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/


蚶

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢaːm, *ɢaːm): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 甘 (OC *kaːm)


蜌

Solen strictus
Solen strictus#Translingual

Gould's razor shell (Solen strictus), a type of bivalve mollusc


蛷

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡu): semantic 虫 (“snake; insect”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu)


蛽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 貝 (OC *paːds)


蜅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *baː, *paʔ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 甫 (OC *paʔ)


蛞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰoːd): semantic 虫 + phonetic 𠯑 (OC *ɡroːd).


蜢

Only used in 蚱蜢 (zhàměng), 草蜢 (cǎoměng) etc.


蜊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ril): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 利 (OC *rids)


蜟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *luɡ): semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 育 (OC *luɡ)


蜈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋʷaː): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 吳 (OC *ŋʷaː).


虻

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b-(r/j)aŋ (“fly, bee”). Cognate with 蠅 (OC *m-rəŋ > *m-ləŋ, “fly”), Tibetan སྦྲང་བུ (sbrang bu, “bee”), Burmese ယင် (yang, “fly”), Chepang याङ् (“insect; fly”), Japhug ɣʑo (“bee”) (STEDT; Coblin, 1986; Benedict, 1972; Schuessler, 2007; Baxter & Sagart, 2014; Zhang, Jacques, and Lai, 2019).


蜙

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰloŋ): semantic 虫 (“insect; creature”) + phonetic 松 (OC *sɢloŋ).

Han compound

Only used in 蜙蝑 (sōngxū) and 蜙䗥／蜙𰲯 (sōngzōng).


蜔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 甸 (OC *l'iːŋs)


蜥

Only used in 蜥蜴 (xīyì); also used as its short form.


薑

desc

→ Lisu: ꓚꓬꓺ (tʃɑ̱), ꓚꓬꓮꓥꓺ (tʃɑ̱ŋ)

→ Lisu: ꓚꓬꓺ (tʃɑ̱), ꓚꓬꓮꓥꓺ (tʃɑ̱ŋ)

→ Spanish: kion, kión

→ Zhuang: gieng

/kiaŋ³³⁻³³⁵/

/kiaŋ³³⁻³³⁵/

Originally 䕬, a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kaŋ): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 彊 (OC *kaŋs, *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ).
Note that the simplified form 姜 (OC *klaŋ) is also a traditional character on its own.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ (“ginger”). Compare Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:).

Han compound

The Mengshe Barbarians use pepper, ginger, and cinnamon to boil as a drink.

Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 7

Méngshè Mán yǐ jiāo, jiāng, guì hé pēng ér yǐn zhī.

蒙舍蠻以椒、薑、桂和烹而飲之。

蒙舍蛮以椒、姜、桂和烹而饮之。


蜣

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/


蜸

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Only used in 蜸蚕 (qiǎntiǎn, “earthworm”).


蜘

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *te): semantic 虫 (“insect; insect-like creature”) + phonetic 知 (OC *ʔl'e). Originally 鼅 (OC *te), which was originally 䵹.


蜦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ruːls, *run): semantic 虫 + phonetic 侖 (OC *run)

Han compound

a mythical huge black snake that can make rain and wind


蝂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *praːnʔ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 版 (OC *praːnʔ).


蝄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 罔 (OC *mlaŋʔ)


蜾

Only used in 蜾蠃 (guǒluǒ, “potter wasp”).


蜎

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷenʔ, *qʷen, *qʷeːn): semantic 虫 + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns).


蝆

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *meʔ): semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 羋 (OC *meʔ)


蘿

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːl): semantic 艸 + phonetic 羅 (OC *raːl).


蝒

Cryptotympana atrata (a species of cicada)


蝵

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/


蝽

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/


蝜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯʔ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 負 (OC *bɯʔ).


螑

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

Only used in 赳螑 (jiùxiù, “appearance of a dragon stretching its neck and moving in a wavelike manner”).


蜺

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜺 – see 霓 (“secondary rainbow”).
(This character is a variant form of 霓).


蝻

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, derogatory) South Asian


螬

Only used in 蠐螬／蛴螬 (qícáo, “scarab beetle grub”).


螘

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 豈 (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ)


螌

Only used in 螌蝥 (“cantharis; Spanish fly”).


螉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qloːŋ): semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 翁 (OC *qloːŋ).
Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔuŋ ~ *ʔuəŋ ~ *huŋ ~ *huəŋ (“wasp; hornet”) (whence Proto-Vietic *ʔɔːŋ (“honey bee”) > Vietnamese ong (“bee”).

cog

(obsolete) a parasitic insect on the skins of cattle and horses; gadfly


蛛

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *to): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo). Originally a pictogram (象形) of a spider. Later, 朱 was added to the pictograph to indicate sound. In small seal script, the character became written as the characters 鼄／𬹣 and 蛛.

Han compound

Used in 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū, “spider”); also used as its short form.


蝴

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaː): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 胡 (OC *ɡaː).


蝀

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *toːŋ, *toːŋʔ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 東 (OC *toːŋ).
Cognate with 虹 (OC *kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ). See there for more. Also cognate with Nusu thoŋ³¹ gɹi⁵⁵

cog

thoŋ³¹ gɹi⁵⁵

Only used in 螮蝀／䗖𬟽 (dìdōng, “rainbow”); also used as its short form.


蟂

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *keːw): semantic 虫 (“insect; creature”) + phonetic 梟 (OC *keːw).


蚓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *linʔ): semantic 虫 (“insect; worm”) + phonetic 引 (OC *linʔ, *lins).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *zril (“worm”); cognate with Tibetan སྲིལ (sril, “silkworm”), Japhug qandʐe (“earthworm”), Burmese တီ (ti, “earthworm”) (STEDT; Paul, 1972; Schuessler, 2007; Zhang, Jacques and Lai, 2019). See also 螾 (OC *lin, *linʔ), 蟺 (OC *djanʔ).

Han compound

(biology or in fossilized compounds or dialectal) earthworm


蟍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ril): semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 梨 (OC *ril)


蟔

a kind of caterpillar with stinging hairs


螽

Schuessler (2007) proposes Sino-Tibetan origin; he reconstructs 螽 (OC *C-juŋ) (though with uncertainty) and compares it to Burmese ကျိုင်း (kyuing:, “locust”).

Autumn, it rained locusts in Song; they fell down and then died.

秋，雨螽于宋，隊而死也。

秋，雨螽于宋，队而死也。


蟗

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/


螳

螳螂


蟘

a pest insect which destroys rice seedlings


蜷

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡron): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 卷 (OC *ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ)

Han compound

(of the body) to curl; to coil; to huddle; to wriggle


蟕

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/


蛭

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 至 (OC *tjiɡs)
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-liːt (“leech (water-, horse-)”) (STEDT).


蚋

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 虫 + phonetic 內 (OC *nuːbs).

Han compound

black fly (small biting fly in family Simuliidae)


蝸

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kroːl, *kʷroːl): semantic 虫 + phonetic 咼 (OC *kʰʷroːl).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kroj (“shellfish, shell”). From the same root derives 螺 (OC *roːl, “aquatic snail”).
Perhaps related to Proto-Mon-Khmer *kloʔ (“snail, shellfish”) (Schuessler, 2007).


蟙

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjɯɡ): semantic 虫 (“bug; creature”) + phonetic 戠 (OC *tjɯɡ).

Han compound

Alternative name for 高腳蟹／高脚蟹 (gāojiǎoxiè, “Japanese spider crab”).


蟤

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


螢

From 虫 "worm", 熒 "fluorescent" sound, indicating fireflies.

och-l

熒 (OC *ɡʷeːŋ, “luminous, fluorescent; to shine, to shimmer, to dazzle”)


蟰

Only used in 蟰蛸 (xiāoshāo, “long-jawed spider”).


蟭

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


蝟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢuds): semantic 虫 + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds).
See 彙／汇 (huì, “hedgehog (obsolete)”)


蠋

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doɡ, *tjoɡ): semantic 虫 (“worm”) + phonetic 蜀 (OC *djoɡ)

Han compound

Creeping about are the caterpillars, all over the mulberry fields.

蜎蜎者蠋、烝在桑野。


蟶

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰeŋ): semantic 虫 + phonetic 聖 (OC *hljeŋs).

Han compound

a razor clam, in particular a Chinese razor clam (Sinonovacula constricta) (Classifier: 敉 mn)


蠤

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/


蠐

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zliːl, *zlil): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls)

Han compound

Used in 蝤蠐／蝤蛴 (qiúqí) and 蠐螬／蛴螬 (qícáo).


蠨

Only used in 蠨蛸／蟏蛸 (xiāoshāo, “long-jawed spider”).


蠸

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

a pest which damages the leaves and roots of melon plants


衑

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 行 + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs)


衋

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 聿 + phonetic 皕 (OC *prɯɡ) + semantic 血 (“blood”).

Greatly abandoned to extraordinary lewdness and dissipation, for pleasure's sake he sacrificed all his majesty; for that the people were all sorely grieved and wounded in heart.

The Book of Documents, circa 4ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Dàn wéi jué zòng yínyì yú fēiyí, yòng yàn sàng wēiyí, mín wǎng bù xì shāngxīn.

誕惟厥縱淫泆于非彝，用燕喪威儀，民罔不衋傷心。

诞惟厥纵淫泆于非彝，用燕丧威仪，民罔不衋伤心。

(obsolete, rare) sorrowful; desolate; grief-stricken


蠼

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 矍 (OC *kʷaɡ).


螯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːw): phonetic 敖 (OC *ŋaːw) + semantic 虫 (“insect”) – part of an insect, its pincers.

Han compound

The crab has six feet and two pincers, yet without the dens of snakes and eels, it has no place to take shelter. This is because its mind is impatient.

Xiè liù guì ér èr áo, fēi shé shàn zhī xué wú kě jìtuō zhě, yòngxīn zào yě.

蟹六跪而二螯，非蛇蟺之穴無可寄託者，用心躁也。

蟹六跪而二螯，非蛇蟺之穴无可寄托者，用心躁也。


衼

Used in 衹衼 (“clothing worn by monks and nuns”).


蟀

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *srud): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 率 (OC *sruds, *rud, *srud).


衚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 行 + phonetic 胡 (OC *ɡaː).


蝮

Possibly related to 伏 (OC *bɯɡ, “to lie down”) (Schuessler, 2007). Alternatively, it may be related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bəw (“insect; snake”) (Schuessler, 2007).


衠

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 行 + phonetic 真 (OC *ʔljin).


袊

For pronunciation and definitions of 袊 – see 領 (“neck; collar; neckband; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 領).


衏

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 行 + phonetic 元 (OC *ŋon).


蠔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 虫 + phonetic 豪 (OC *ɡaːw).


衒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷeːn): semantic 行 + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).


袧

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 衤 + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo).


衁

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hmaːŋ): phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ) + semantic 血 (“blood”).
Borrowed from Austroasiatic. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟhaam ~ *ɟhiim (“blood”), whence Khmer ឈាម (chiəm, “blood”), Mon ဆီ (chim, “blood”), Proto-Bahnaric *bhaːm (“blood”), Proto-Katuic *ʔahaam (“blood”), Proto-Khmuic *maː₁m (“blood”). Chinese has final -ŋ because initial and final m are mutually exclusive (Schuessler, 2003; Schuessler, 2007).
This word's rare occurrence in a traditional saying indicates that it is not part of the active vocabulary of OC, but a
survival from a substrate language.

cog

The hexagram's divination reads: "A man slaughters a sheep, yet there is no blood; a woman bears a basket, yet there is no gift."

Qí yáo yuē: shì kuī yáng, yì wú huāng yě; nǚ chéng kuāng, yì wú kuàng yě.

其繇曰：士刲羊，亦無衁也；女承筐，亦無貺也。

其繇曰：士刲羊，亦无衁也；女承筐，亦无贶也。

Surrounded by red curtains and vermillion drapes they spread out the raw and cooked sacrificial meat; in a pool of blood, there were waves and winds, and the flesh piled up in a mound.

韓愈 (Han Yu), 陸渾山火和皇甫湜用其韻 "Mountain Fire of Luhun, in Response to Huangfu Shi and Using his Rhymes"; translated by Alex Yang (2007).

Hóng wéi chì mù luó shèn pán, huāng chí bō fēng ròu líng tún.

紅帷赤幕羅脤膰，衁池波風肉陵屯。

红帷赤幕罗脤膰，衁池波风肉陵屯。


蠣

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *m·rads): semantic 虫 (“insect; bug; creature”) + phonetic 厲 (OC *m·rads).


袱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 衣 (“clothes”) + phonetic 伏 (OC *bɯɡs, *bɯɡ)


袟

For pronunciation and definitions of 袟 – see 帙 (“fabric slipcase for a book or painting; to arrange; to sort out; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 帙).


袞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kluːnʔ): semantic 衣 (“clothes”) + phonetic 㕣 (OC *kloːŋ)


蠍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰad): semantic 虫 + phonetic 歇 (OC *qʰad).

Han compound

蠍子

蝎子


蟎

虎蠕形蟎

虎蠕形螨


褧

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/


裇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 衤 (“clothing”) + phonetic 血 (OC *qʰʷiːɡ), derived within Cantonese by replacing the radical of 恤 (seot¹).
Borrowed from English shirt, via Cantonese.

(chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, Hainanese) Short for 裇衫 (shirt).


褂

/kʷʰaː³³⁻³⁵/

/kʷʰaː³³⁻³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 衣 (“clothes”) + phonetic 卦.


蒜

→ Lisu: ꓢꓪꓮꓠꓸ (swɑ́n)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sloːns): semantic 艸 + phonetic 祘 (OC *sloːns).
Matisoff considers this to be derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *swa-n (“garlic”), but more likely this may be a plant imported from the Western Regions in the Qin–Han era. The relatively late attestation and the earlier form of 卵蒜 (luǎnsuàn) attest to the latter theory.
Compare Sanskrit लशुन (laśuna), Pali lasuṇa, lasuna. The Old Chinese reconstruction was revised to a *-or rhyme in the Baxter–Sagart system, akin to its homophone 算 (“to calculate”). Hence compare Persian سیر (sir, “garlic”), Khotanese sārmā- (“the plant Basella cordifolia or B. lucida or B. rubra”), Hungarian sárma (“Ornithogalum sp.”), as well as Turkish sarımsak, Mongolian саримс (sarims).
Either way this word is cognate with the second syllable of Burmese ကြက်သွန် (krakswan, “onion”), ကြက်သွန်ဖြူ (krakswanhpru, “garlic”).


褓

襁褓


襇

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/


襊

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


襔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 㒼 ().


襏

Only used in 襏襫／袯襫 (bóshì, “straw raincoat worn by peasants in ancient China”).


褣

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loŋ): semantic 衣 (“clothes”) + phonetic 容 (OC *loŋ)


襸

/t͡sʰu̯än³⁵/

/t͡sʰu̯än³⁵/


袍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *buː): semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː).

Han compound

(Chinese-style) long gown, robe, or cloak


襗

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'aːɡ, *rlaːɡ, *laːɡ): semantic 衣 (“clothes”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː)


襺

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/


襬

(Sichuanese) the one or two pieces making up the front of a Chinese jacket


襾

Characters in the same phonetic series (襾) (Zhengzhang, 2003)


蠶

Bodman (1980) relates this to Tibetan སྡོམ (sdom, “spider”). Perhaps cognate to 蔪 (OC *zamʔ, “to entwine”) (Schuessler, 2007), as well as 縶 (OC *tib, “to rope, tether, bind”), with these terms deriving from a Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tip ~ *tu(p/m) (“to wrap up”), whence Burmese ထုပ် (htup, “to wrap, bundle”) (STEDT). The silkworm would thus be seen as a "wrapping (bug)", which is particularly apt when considering the process of sericulture.

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蚕
𧉏
蝅
𧑯
𧌩
䗝
䗞
䘉
𧕽
𧖟
蠺


覹

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mrɯl): semantic 見 + phonetic 微 (OC *mɯl).


覦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lo, *los): phonetic 俞 (OC *l̥ʰus, *lo) + semantic 見 (“to see”).


襢

For pronunciation and definitions of 襢 – see 袒 (“to bare; to strip oneself naked to the waist; to give unprincipled support; to shield; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 袒).


覬

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *krɯls): phonetic 豈 (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ) + semantic 見 (“to see”).


觢

cattle with both horns pointing straight up


觤

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *krolʔ): semantic 角 (“horn”) + phonetic 危 (OC *ŋrol)


裾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ka): semantic 衣 (“clothes”) + phonetic 居 (OC *kɯ, *kas).


觩

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡu): semantic 角 (“horn”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu)


觓

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


覲

to have an audience (with the Emperor, leader, president, etc.)


觻

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːwɢ, *roːwɢ): semantic 角 + phonetic 樂 (OC *ŋraːwɢs, *raːwɢ, *ŋraːwɢ).


訄

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


觶

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjal, *tjals): semantic 角 (“horn”) + phonetic 單 (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans).

Han compound

(historical) zhi (a drinking vessel typically used in ceremonies)


訒

Si Ma Niu asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, "The man of perfect virtue is cautious and slow in his speech." Niu replied, "Cautious and slow in his speech! Is this what is meant by perfect virtue?" The Master said, "When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?"

The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Sīmǎ Niú wèn rén. Zǐ yuē: “Rénzhě qí yán yě rèn.” Yuē: “Qí yán yě rèn, sī wèi zhī rén yǐ hū?” Zǐ yuē: “Wéi zhī nán, yán zhī déwú rèn hū?”

司馬牛問仁。子曰：「仁者其言也訒。」曰：「其言也訒，斯謂之仁已乎？」子曰：「為之難，言之得無訒乎？」

司马牛问仁。子曰：「仁者其言也讱。」曰：「其言也讱，斯谓之仁已乎？」子曰：「为之难，言之得无讱乎？」


訅

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


詃

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/


訩

讻
詾
𧧗
哅
㕳
𧧣
𧦙


詅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reŋs, *reːŋ): semantic 言 + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs).


蠅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *b·lɯŋ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 黽 (OC *mlenʔ, *mliŋʔ, *mreːŋʔ).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b-(r/j)aŋ (“fly; bee”). Compare 虻 (OC mˁraŋ, “"horsefly"”), Tibetan སྦྲང་བུ (sbrang bu, “bee”), Burmese ယင် (yang, “fly”), Chepang याङ् (“insect; fly”), Japhug ɣʑo (“bee”) (STEDT; Coblin, 1986; Benedict, 1972; Schuessler, 2007; Zhang, Jacques, and Lai, 2019).


訬

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/


訁

Left radical form of Kangxi radical #149 言.


詉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rnaː): semantic 言 + phonetic 奴 (OC *naː).


觿

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷe): semantic 角 (“horn”) + phonetic 巂 ().

Han compound

(historical) fid; bodkin; awl (initially made of bone or ivory and used to untie knots, later made of jade and used as an ornament)


裙

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (裙):
* → Vietnamese: quần (裙)

/t͡ɕʰyə̯ɻ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰyə̯ɻ³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡlun): semantic 衤 (“clothing”) + phonetic 君 (OC *klun).

Han compound

skirt; apron; dress; petticoat (Classifier: 條／条 c)

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)


診

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'ɯns, *kljɯnʔ): semantic 言 + phonetic 㐱 ().

Han compound

(medicine) to examine (a patient); to diagnose


襖

→? Proto-Bahnaric: *ʔaːw (“shirt”)

Bahnar: ao (“shirt”)

→? Khmer: អាវ (ʼaaw)

desc

→? Proto-Vietic: *ʔaːwʔ (“upper garment”)

Vietnamese: áo

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *quːʔ, *quːʔ): semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 奧 (OC *quːɡs).


詺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *meŋs): semantic 言 (“words”) + phonetic 名 (OC *meŋ).


詡

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷaʔ): semantic 言 + phonetic 羽 (OC *ɢʷaʔ, *ɢʷas).


褲

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰʷaːs): semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 庫 (OC *kʰaːs).

Han compound

pants; trousers (Classifier: 條／条 c; 領／领 mn)


詢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰʷin): semantic 言 + phonetic 旬 (OC *sɢʷin).

Han compound

to inquire into; to ask about; to consult with


誷

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maŋʔ): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 罔 (OC *mlaŋʔ)


詎

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaʔ, *ɡas): semantic 言 + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ).


襪

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mad): semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 蔑 (OC *meːd, *meːd).

Han compound

袜
韤
韈
𥀯
韎
𤿗
𥿉
帓
𤿖
靺

sock; stocking (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 對／对 c)


詈

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 网 (“net”) + 言 (“speech; word”).

(literary or Northern Min, Hokkien) to curse; to scold; to abuse verbally


諈

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


誖

Alternative form of 悖 (“to go against; perverse; confused”)


誥

to inform; to notify; to admonish; to order


詮

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰlon): semantic 言 + phonetic 全 (OC *zlon).


誮

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 誮.
Spelling pronunciation, as 花 (huā).


諟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djeʔ): semantic 言 + phonetic 是 (OC *djeʔ).


諄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjun, *tjuns): semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 𦎧 ().


諉

to pass the buck; to avoid responsibilities by finding excuses

推諉

推诿

諉過

诿过


謒

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/


謺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjeb): phonetic 執 (OC *tjib) + semantic 言 (“say”)


謴

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kuːns): semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 貫 (OC *koːn, *koːns).


諢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋɡuːns): semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 軍 (OC *kun).


譐

/t͡su̯ən²¹⁴/

/t͡su̯ən²¹⁴/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsuːnʔ): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 尊 (OC *ʔsuːn)


譑

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/


譊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rŋaːw): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw)


譆

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰlɯ): semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ).


詏

(Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) to argue; to contend; to dispute; to debate


譃

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 言 + phonetic 虛 (OC *kʰa, *qʰa).


譾

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/


証

For pronunciation and definitions of 証 – see 證 (“to prove; to testify; to verify; proof; evidence; etc.”).
(This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified and variant form of 證).
 Notes:
Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

zh-see

When the lord errs, (his advisors) compete against each other in admonishing and correcting him.

Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

主有失，皆交爭証諫。

主有失，皆交争証谏。


譭

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hmralʔ): semantic 言 + phonetic 毀 (OC *hmralʔ, *hmrals).


譞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷen): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ)


謄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'ɯːŋ): phonetic 朕 (OC *l'ɯmʔ) + semantic 言 (“say”)


讞

to pronounce (guilty, etc.); to decide; to judge; to announce a verdict


豋

(historical) a kind of ceremonial vessel


谸

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/


諫

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːns): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 柬 (OC *kreːnʔ).


貀

a mythical beast resembling a seal with horns, leopard spots and no front legs


豌

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoːn): semantic 豆 (“bean; pea”) + phonetic 宛 (OC *qon, *qonʔ).


豇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kroːŋ): semantic 豆 (“bean”) + phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ).


谺

scold; remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily.


豯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡeː): semantic 豕 (“pig”) + phonetic 奚 (OC *ɡeː).


謹

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kɯnʔ): semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 堇 (OC *ɡrɯn, *kɯnʔ) – to speak caution.
Cognate with 兢 (OC *kɯŋ, “to be cautious”), which is possibly the vocalic variant of 驚 (OC *kreŋ, “to be afraid; to alarm”) (Schuessler, 2007).


貅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰu): semantic 豸 + phonetic 休 (OC *qʰu).

Han compound

The pixiu: they look like tigers; some say they look like bears; their furs are colored ashen white. People in Liaodong call them white brown bears. The male is called pí, and the female xiū; that was why ancient people many times mentioned them together.

1917, 徐珂 (Xu Ke), 《清稗類鈔》 (Categorized anthology of petty matters from the Qing period).

Píxiū, xíng sì hǔ, huò yuē sì xióng, máo sè huībái. Liáodōng rén wèi zhī báipí. Xióngzhě yuē pí, cízhě yuē xiū, gù gǔrén duō lián jǔ zhī.

貔貅，形似虎，或曰似熊，毛色灰白。遼東人謂之白羆。雄者曰貔，雌者曰貅，故古人多連舉之。

貔貅，形似虎，或曰似熊，毛色灰白。辽东人谓之白罴。雄者曰貔，雌者曰貅，故古人多连举之。

(Chinese mythology) female panther-like feline; female counterpart of 貔 (pí)


貔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bi): semantic 豸 + phonetic 𣬉 ().
Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Tibetan དབྱི (dbyi, “lynx”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Schuessler also sees possible cognacy with pi ~ byi in Tibetan པི་ཤི (pi shi) and བྱི་ལ (byi la), though pi ~ byi might be derived from Indic (cf. Hindi बिल्ला (billā) < Sanskrit बिडाल (biḍāla); see the Sanskrit word for ultimate non-Indic etymology); even so, pi ~ byi is still possibly native Tibetan if པི་ཤི (pi shi)'s shi was from earlier *zhi and cognate with 狸 (OC *rɯ), see there for more (ibid.).

Making strong his walls, and deep his moats,
Laying out his fields, regulating his revenues,
Presenting his skins of the panthers,
With those of the red leopards and the yellow brown bears.

Shí yōng shí hè, shí mǔ shí jí, xiàn qí pí pí, chì bào huáng pí.

實墉實壑，實畝實籍，獻其貔皮，赤豹黃羆。

实墉实壑，实亩实籍，献其貔皮，赤豹黄罴。

Exert yourselves, officers — you shall be martial and imposing! Be like tigers, like panthers, like black bears, like brown bears!

The Book of Documents, circa 7ᵗʰ – 4ᵗʰ centuries BCE

Xù zāi fūzǐ! Shàng huánhuán rú hǔ, rú pí, rú xióng, rú pí!

勖哉夫子！尚桓桓如虎、如貔、如熊、如羆！

勖哉夫子！尚桓桓如虎、如貔、如熊、如罴！


豙

Schuessler (2007) reconstructs Old Chinese *ŋəs or *ŋɘih (< ŋɘls) and proposes Sino-Tibetan origin.
Cognate with Mizo sa-nghal (“wild pig”) and nghal (“unruly, over-bold, ill-behaved”), Pankhu maŋàl ~ raŋàl, Tedim Chin [script needed] (ngal³), for which STEDT provisionally reconstructs Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋal ~ *hŋal (“boar, pig (wild)”)
Semantically extended into 毅 (OC *ŋɯds, “bold, resolute”), note the parallel in Mizo.


賗

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵¹/


豺

/t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/

/t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zrɯː): semantic 豸 (“creature”) + phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs).

Han compound

When the dhole sacrificed its prey, the hunting commenced.

The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE

豺祭獸，然後田獵。

豺祭兽，然后田猎。

豺狼

豺狗


諂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰomʔ): semantic 言 + phonetic 臽 (OC *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms).


賨

a tribute paid in cloth by the tribes in Szechwan and Yunnan under the Han dynasty


賲

having the feeling of eating half-cooked cereal after finishing eating

食了賲賲

食了𲃄𲃄

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) having the feeling of eating half-cooked cereal


豨

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ): semantic 豕 (“pig”) + phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl).
Dialectal variant of 豕 (OC *hliʔ, “pig”).

Han compound

(obsolete or Northern Min, Datian Min, Central Min) pig; hog; swine


豕

Pictogram (象形) – a pig. Compare 亥.
Possibly from Austroasiatic (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *liik ~ *lik (“pig”) and Mon ကၠိက် (kloik, “pig”). Also occurs in the Cai-Long languages, from which Hölzl (2021) derives the name Ta-Li for the aforementioned language subgroup.

There are many swine, with their trotters white, wading through the waves.

有豕白蹢、烝涉波矣。


賚

The exoactive of 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ, “to come”) (Schuelsser, 2007).

Assist, I pray you, me, the One man, to carry out the punishment appointed by Heaven. I will greatly reward you.

The Book of Documents, circa 4ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ century BCE

Ěr shàng fǔ yǔyīrén, zhì tiān zhī fá, yǔ qí dà lài rǔ!

爾尚輔予一人，致天之罰，予其大賚汝！

尔尚辅予一人，致天之罚，予其大赉汝！


贕

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'oːɡ): semantic 卵 (“egg”) + phonetic 𧶠 (OC *luɡ)

Han compound

(ornithology) stillborn chick in an unhatched egg


賾

(literary) abstruse; deep; mysterious; profound


賸

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs): phonetic 朕 (OC *l'ɯmʔ) + semantic 貝 (“shellfish”)


賑

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjɯnʔ, *tjɯns): semantic 貝 (“money”) + phonetic 辰 (OC *djɯn) – having money, giving money (support).


赹

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/


趦

Only used in 趦趄, Alternative form of 趑趄 (zījū, “to hesitate to move forward”)


趭

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/


趛

(obsolete) to bow your head and go quickly


趡

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/


趩

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰɯɡ): semantic 走 (“walk”) + phonetic 異 (OC *lɯɡs)


贄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjibs): phonetic 執 (OC *tjib) + semantic 貝 (“valuable”)

Han compound

gift (present typically carried by the visitor for ceremonious occasions)


趥

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/


趒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰeːw, *l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw): semantic 走 (“walk”) + phonetic 兆 (OC *l'ewʔ).


趫

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/


跀

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋod): semantic 𧾷 + phonetic 月 (OC *ŋod).


跒

/t͡ɕʰi̯ä²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ä²¹⁴/


贈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zɯːŋs): semantic 貝 + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).


跧

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


跙

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zaʔ): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa)


踂

walk in very small steps that one foot's heel doesn't surpass the other foot's toes


跫

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/


趼

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/


財

/t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zlɯː): semantic 貝 (“shell”) + phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs). 才 is also a reference to one's abilities, hence intellectual resources; in this particular syllable, the abilities are probably thought as financial possibilities and resources.

Han compound

A nobleman makes fortune in a noble way.

君子愛財，取之有道。

君子爱财，取之有道。


跽

Entering, I knelt and looked up, and suddenly my eyes were wide with disappointment; how, in the "solemn and pure temple", could one model mud into figurines?

1497, 金宗直 (Kim Jong-jik), 《謁夫子廟賦》 (Rhapsody on visiting the temple of Confucius), 《佔畢齋集》

ip yeo gi i angsi, hol uhyu i dang mang, ha eo mok ji cheongmyo dan nito i chosang?

入余跽而仰視，忽盱睢以戃惘，何於穆之清廟摶泥土而肖像？

The King of Qin knelt and said, “Sir, will you not enlighten me?”

Zhanguo Ce, circa 5ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ centuries BCE

Qín wáng jì yuē: “Xiānshēng bù xìng jiào guǎrén hū?”

秦王跽曰：「先生不幸教寡人乎？」


跱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *dɯʔ): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 寺 (OC *ljɯs)


跴

/t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰaːi̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰaːi̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/

For pronunciation and definitions of 跴 – see 踩 (“to step on; to trample on; to belittle; to denigrate; to criticize; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 踩).

zh-see

(dialectal) to chase after; to hunt down


踙

For pronunciation and definitions of 踙 – see 踂 (“walk in very small steps that one foot's heel doesn't surpass the other foot's toes”).
(This character is a variant form of 踂).


跺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 朵 (OC *toːlʔ).


蹅

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/


踳

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än²¹⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än²¹⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴/


踸

Characters in the same phonetic series (甚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)


蹍

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nja-s ~ *s-njan (“to punish; to oppress; to coerce”) (STEDT). Related to 碾 (OC *ndenʔ, *ndens, “to grind”).

inh

(literary) to tread on; to step on; to trample


蹀

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'eːb): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 枼 (OC *leb).

Han compound

(literary) to stamp one's foot; to tread on


踔

/t͡sʰiɪk̚²⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪk̚¹²¹/

/t͡sʰiɪk̚²⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪk̚¹²¹/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rtʰeːwɢs, *rtʰeːwɢ): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 卓 (OC *rteːwɢ).


蹜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sruɡ): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 宿 (OC *suɡs, *suɡ)

Han compound

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to climb upwards following a certain body


蹦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 𧾷 + phonetic 崩 (OC *pɯːŋ).


蹩

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *beːd): phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed) + semantic 足 (“foot”).


踡

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


踼

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋʔ, *l'aːŋ, *l'aːŋs): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 昜 (OC *laŋ).


蹷

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/


踽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaʔ, *kʰʷaʔ): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 禹 (OC *ɢʷaʔ)


蹌

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/


踝

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡroːlʔ): semantic 𧾷 (“foot”) + phonetic 果 (OC *kloːlʔ).


躘

(Taishanese) to scurry; to go hither and thither


蹼

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *poːɡ): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ).

Han compound

web; the membrane-like part between toes (of animals)


蹤

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsloŋ) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 從 (OC *zloŋ, *zloŋ, *zloŋs, “follow”)


躕

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *do): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 廚 (OC *do).

Used in 踟躕／踟蹰 (chíchú) and 躕躇／蹰躇 (chúchú).


躒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːwɢ, *reːwɢ): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 樂 (OC *ŋraːwɢs, *raːwɢ, *ŋraːwɢ).


躼

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 身 (“body”) + 長 (“long”)

𲄚
軂
䠷
髝
𨱵
𨲮
𠈭
菿
𡰌
㢃


躺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰaːŋʔ): semantic 身 (“body”) + phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs).

Han compound

躺在床上


軏

the crossbar used on a horse-drawn carriage


軜

Probably from the same word family as 入 (OC *njub, “to enter”) (STEDT); see there for more.


輁

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/


輍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loɡ): semantic 車 (“chariot”) + phonetic 谷 (OC *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ)


軱

My art avoids the membranous ligatures, and much more the great bones!

Zhījīng kěnqǐ zhī wèi cháng, érkuàng dà gū hū!

技經肯綮之未嘗，而況大軱乎！

技经肯綮之未尝，而况大𮝴乎！


軹

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kljeʔ): semantic 車 (“cart”) + phonetic 只 (OC *klje, *kljeʔ).


輤

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/


輗

the crossbar used for yoking on an oxcart


輞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maŋʔ): semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 罔 (OC *mlaŋʔ).


輟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tods, *tod): semantic 車 (“carriage; chariot”) + phonetic 叕 (OC *tod).
Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan, as a cognate of 駐 (OC *tos) with *-t/*-d causative suffix (Jin, 2004).


輲

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/


輰

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *laŋ): semantic 車 + phonetic 昜 (OC *laŋ).


轐

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *poːɡ, *buːɡ): semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ)


轈

/t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/

/t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/


轇

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


轊

In the past, during its [Guangling's] age of consummate splendor,
Chariots rubbed axle-tip to axle-tip,
People bumped shoulder to shoulder,

5th century AD: Bao Zhao (鮑／鲍 (bào)照 (zhào)), Fu on the Ruined City (《蕪城賦》)

dāng xī quánshèng zhī shí, chē guà wèi, rén jià jiān,

當昔全盛之時，車掛轊，人駕肩，

当昔全盛之时，车挂𫐕，人驾肩，


轗

Only used in 轗軻／𫐘轲, alternative form of 坎坷 (kǎnkě)


轅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷan): semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 袁 (OC *ɢʷan).


轘

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns): semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ)


轛

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

(obsolete) wooden crosspieces under a carriage crossbar


迁

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

For pronunciation and definitions of 迁 – see 遷 (“to ascend; to go up; to promote; to be promoted; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 遷).
 Notes:
Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.


輛

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raŋs): semantic 車 (“vehicle”) + phonetic 兩 (OC *raŋʔ, *raŋs).

Han compound

一輛車

一辆车

一輛跑車

一辆跑车

Classifier for wheeled vehicles. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier


迢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *deːw): semantic 辵 (“to walk”) + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews).


辵

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 彳 (“walk”) + 止 (“foot” or “to stop”). A more conservative and obsolete version is 𣥆.

^‡ to walk for a while and be still for a while


逅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡoːs): semantic 辵 + phonetic 后 (OC *ɡoːʔ, *ɡoːs).
Cognate with 遘 (OC *koːs, *koːs, “to meet”)，覯 (OC *koːs, “to come across”).


辷

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 辷 (suberu).
Spelling pronunciation, as 一 (yī).

obor

A Japanese kanji meaning “slippery”. Usually used in Japanese names.


遌

(obsolete) to meet unexpectedly; to encounter; to come across


逷

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰeːɡ): semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 易 (OC *leːɡs, *leɡ)

Han compound

Alternative form of 逖 (tì, “far; distant”)


逵

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷrɯw): semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 坴 (OC *m·ruɡ).
Borrowed from Tocharian B kwarsär and Tocharian A kursär (“league, mile”).


遄

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/

If a man observe no rules of propriety,
Why does he not quickly die?

人而無禮，胡不遄死？

人而无礼，胡不遄死？

If he were to be angry with them, // The disorder would probably quickly be abated;
If he were to show his joy in the good, // The disorder would probably quickly cease.

Jūnzǐ rú nù, luàn shù chuán jǔ. Jūnzǐ rú zhǐ, luàn shù chuán yǐ.

君子如怒，亂庶遄沮。君子如祉，亂庶遄已。

君子如怒，乱庶遄沮。君子如祉，乱庶遄已。

Now, if you still value what's left of your provisions, you'd better go back right now.

榮汝之糧，不若遄歸也。

荣汝之粮，不若遄归也。

(literary) immediately; soon; at once; quickly


逑

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡu): semantic 辵 (“to walk”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu).


遒

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


遙

1908, Zhang Zhidong, Couplet written for tower constructed near the site of the Yellow Crane Tower

jīnrì jiāotōng wénguǐ, dēnglín bùjué Yà Ōu yáo

今日交通文軌，登臨不覺亞歐遙

今日交通文轨，登临不觉亚欧遥


邂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡreːs): semantic 辵 + phonetic 解 (OC *kreːʔ, *kreːs, *ɡreːʔ, *ɡreːs).


邟

(Only used in 邟乡.) place name from the Han dynasty, in today’s Ruzhou, Henan Province


邧

a town in Shaanxi province from the Spring and Autumn Period (today located in Chengcheng county, in the provincial-level city of Weinan)


邙

Characters in the same phonetic series (亡) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːŋ, *maŋ): phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ) + semantic 阝 (“area, place”).

Han compound

(～山) Mount Mang, a mountain in modern Luoyang, Henan, China


邮

For pronunciation and definitions of 邮 – see 郵 (“postal; mail; post office”).
(This character is the simplified form of 郵).
 Notes:
Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.


郅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjiɡ): phonetic 至 (OC *tjiɡs) + semantic 邑 (“location”).


郱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *beːŋ): phonetic 并 (OC *peŋ, *peŋs) + semantic 邑.


郺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoːŋʔ, *qoŋ): semantic 多 (“many”) + phonetic 邕 (OC *qoŋ)

Han compound

Nán chǔ fán dà ér duō wèi zhī 郺, huò wèi zhī 𨑊.

南楚凡大而多謂之郺，或謂之𨑊。

南楚凡大而多谓之郺，或谓之𨑊。


鄃

name of a county in today's Shandong province


郿

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mril, *mrils): phonetic 眉 (OC *mril) + semantic 阝 (“area”).


郊

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːw): phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw) + semantic 阝.


郢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *leŋʔ): phonetic 呈 (OC *rleŋ, *l'eŋs) + semantic 邑 (“place”)

Han compound

Ying, capital city of the former State of Chu


郗

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰɯl): phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl) + semantic 邑 (“city”)


郻

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): phonetic 𥄉 () + semantic 邑.


鄛

/t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/

/t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/


鄡

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


郫

(～縣) Pi (a former county of Chengdu, Sichuan, China)


鄳

an old place name (in the area of present-day Luoshan, Henan)


鄥

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


鄽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *dan): phonetic 廛 (OC *dan) + semantic 邑 (“city”)


酠

/t͡ɕʰi̯ä²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ä²¹⁴/


鄺

(Mandarin) English: Kuang

(Cantonese) English: Kwong, Fong

(Hokkien) Tagalog: Kong

zh:海峽兩岸漢語發音差異列表


鄴

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋab): phonetic 業 (OC *ŋab) + semantic 邑


酞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 酉 + phonetic 太 (tài).
Borrowed from English phthalein.


酚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 酉 + phonetic 分 (fēn).
Borrowed from English phenol.

(organic chemistry) phenol (any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring)


酨

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'ɯːs, *zlɯːs): semantic 酉 + phonetic 𢦏 (OC *ʔslɯː).


酎

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'us): semantic 酉 (“wine”) + abbreviated phonetic 肘 (OC *tkuʔ). (Duan Yucai)

Han compound

(archaic) strong wine that has been fermented multiple times


酰

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 酉 + phonetic 先 (OC *sɯːn, *sɯːns).

(organic chemistry, Mainland China, Hong Kong) acyl


酳

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lins): semantic 酉 (“alcohol”) + abbreviated phonetic 胤 (OC *lins).

Han compound

to rinse the mouth with alcoholic drink (after eating)


酖

For pronunciation and definitions of 酖 – see 鴆 (“the zhenniao; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 鴆).
Compare 耽 (OC *ʔl'uːm).

zh-see

Where would be any clamoring and drunken indulgence in liquors to ruin the good people?

Yān yǒu xuānhū dānjiǔ yǐ bài shànlèi hū?

焉有喧呼酖酒以敗善類乎？

焉有喧呼鸩酒以败善类乎？


醔

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


醅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰɯ, *pʰɯː): semantic 酉 (“alcohol”) + phonetic 咅 (OC *pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs)

Han compound

綠螘新醅酒，紅泥小火爐。

绿蚁新醅酒，红泥小火炉。

(literary) unstrained liquor or rice wine (see: 酒 (jiǔ)); mash


醥

/pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/


酹

Attested somewhat late, in Eastern Han period (25-220 CE). According to Schuessler (2007), from Tai; compare Thai รด (rót, “to water, to pour, to spill; to sprinkle (as in certain ceremonies)”) and กรวด (grùuat, “to pour ceremonial water.”)

cog

The Emperor himself poured out libations to make offerings in the ancestral temple.

200 CE,《前漢紀》Annals of the Former Han, by 荀悅 Xun Yue

上自酹祭宗廟。

上自酹祭宗庙。

1082 October 15, 蘇軾 (Su Shi), 念奴嬌·赤壁懷古 (Nian Nu Jiao: Reminiscence of Red Cliffs):

Life is like a dream. Allow me to libate a drink of alcohol to the river, the moon and its reflection.

Rénjiān rú mèng, yī zūn huán lèi jiāng yuè.

人間如夢，一尊還酹江月。

人间如梦，一尊还酹江月。

to pour out a libation (usually alcohol) on the ground


醶

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/


酯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 酉 (“oxygenated functional group”) + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ). Modelled after 脂 (zhī, “lipid”) with a radical input from other oxygenated organic compounds such as 醇 (chún, “alcohol”) and 酸 (suān, “acid”), referring to ester linkages in lipids like glycerides.
From 脂 (zhī, “lipid”), referring to ester linkages in lipids like glycerides.

Han compound

任何汽車生化柴油供應商明知而供應或分發任何酯含量高於或低於汽車生化柴油標籤上所顯示的酯含量百分率超過1%的汽車生化柴油，即屬犯罪，一經定罪，可處第5級罰款。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
任何汽车生化柴油供应商明知而供应或分发任何酯含量高于或低于汽车生化柴油标签上所显示的酯含量百分率超过1%的汽车生化柴油，即属犯罪，一经定罪，可处第5级罚款。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
jam⁶ ho⁴ hei³ ce¹ sang¹ faa³ caai⁴ jau⁴ gung¹ jing³ soeng¹ ming⁴ zi¹ ji⁴ gung¹ jing³ waak⁶ fan¹ faat³ jam⁶ ho⁴ zi² ham⁴ loeng⁶ gou¹ jyu¹ waak⁶ dai¹ jyu¹ hei³ ce¹ sang¹ faa³ caai⁴ jau⁴ biu¹ cim¹ soeng⁶ so² hin² si⁶ dik¹ zi² ham⁴ loeng⁶ baak³ fan⁶ leot⁶⁻² ciu¹ gwo³ 1% dik¹ hei³ ce¹ sang¹ faa³ caai⁴ jau⁴, zik¹ suk⁶ faan⁶ zeoi⁶, jat¹ ging¹ ding⁶ zeoi⁶, ho² cyu² dai⁶ ng⁵ kap¹ fat⁶ fun². [Jyutping]

Section 12(1), Air Pollution Control (Motor Vehicle Fuel) Regulation (Cap. 311L)

Any motor vehicle biodiesel supplier who knowingly supplies or distributes any motor vehicle biodiesel containing an ester content that is more than 1% higher or lower than the percentage of ester content as indicated on the motor vehicle biodiesel label commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 5.


醳

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *laːɡ): semantic 酉 (“wine”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː)


醭

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰoːɡ): semantic 酉 + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ).

Han compound

the white mould occurring on the surface of vinegar, alcohol, etc.


釄

/t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/


醺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰun): semantic 酉 + phonetic 熏 (OC *qʰun).


醮

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/


釒

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pʰɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pʰɑŋ³⁵/


釓

For pronunciation and definitions of 釓 – see 釚 (“crossbow latch; unnilennium”).
(This character is a variant form of 釚).


釉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lɯwɢs): semantic 采 (“color”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).


釔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 乙 (yǐ).


釷

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 土 (tǔ).
Borrowed from New Latin thorium.


釹

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 女 (nǚ).
From New Latin neodymium.


鈅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋod): semantic 金 (“gold; metal”) + phonetic 月 (OC *ŋod).


鈑

鋁鈑

铝钣

鋼鈑

钢钣


釆

Pictogram (象形). An animal paw feeling for something.
Exopassive of 辨 (OC *brenʔ, “to divide, distinguish, discriminate”); possibly in the same word-family as another exopassive 瓣 (OC *breːns, “what is divided”). These three thus may be related to either 班 (OC *praːn, “to distribute → to arrange, classify → class, group”) or Mizo pʰel (“to split, cut in halves”) (with medial *-r- dropped after labial initials according to Mizo phonotactics) (Schuessler, 2007).


釥

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰiːu̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰiːu̯³⁵/


釺

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/


鈦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 太 (tài).
Borrowed from New Latin titanium.


鈥

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 火 (OC *qʰʷaːlʔ).
Borrowed from New Latin holmium.


鉪

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉪 – see 釱 (“shackles; fetters; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 釱).


辻

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 辻 (tsuji).
Spelling pronunciation, as 十 (shí).

obor

綾辻行人

绫辻行人

A Japanese kanji meaning “crossroads”. Usually used in Japanese names.


鉊

/t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/


鉬

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 目 (mù).
From New Latin molybdaenum.


鉨

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉨 – see 璽 (“imperial seal; royal seal”).
(This character is a variant form of 璽).
Coined in 2017 by the Chinese National Committee for Terms in Sciences and Technologies and State Language Commission.


銎

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

hole in the blade of an axe to install the handle


銧

(obsolete) Alternative name for 鐳／镭 (léi, “radium”).


銥

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 衣 (yī)


銙

(historical) an ornament attached to the belt during the Tang Dynasty, made of jade, gold, silver, iron, rhinoceros horn, etc.


銼

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰoːls, *zoːl, *zoːɡ): semantic 金 + phonetic 坐 (OC *zoːlʔ, *zoːls).


銩

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 丢 ().
Borrowed from New Latin thūlium.


銶

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡu): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu)


鋷

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


鋱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 忒 (OC *l̥ʰɯːɡ).
Borrowed from New Latin terbium.


銹

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *slus): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 秀 (OC *slus).

Han compound

Alternative form of 鏽／锈 (xiù, “rust; to rust”)


鋨

For pronunciation and definitions of 鋨 – see 鐵 (“iron; railway; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 鐵).
Borrowed from New Latin osmium.


鋶

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + abbreviated phonetic 硫 (liú, “sulfur”).
From 硫 (liú, “sulfur”).


鉞

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷad): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 戉 (OC *ɢʷad, “battle axe”).
Originally written 戉, see there for more.

Han compound

In his left hand he carried a battle-axe yellow with gold, and in his right he held a white ensign, which he waved, saying, 'Far are ye come, ye men of the western regions!'

Wáng zuǒ zhàng huáng yuè, yòu bǐng bái máo yǐ huī, yuē: “Tì yǐ, xītǔ zhī rén!”

王左杖黃鉞，右秉白旄以麾，曰：「逖矣，西土之人！」

王左杖黄钺，右秉白旄以麾，曰：「逖矣，西土之人！」

(historical) a type of battle axe used in ancient China


鋥

Utensils shine brightly after being wiped or polished


鋰

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 里.
Borrowed from New Latin lithium.


鋹

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰaŋʔ): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 長 (OC *taŋʔ, *daŋ, *daŋs)


錈

/t͡ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴/

(literary) to bend the edge of a sword and make it sharp


錊

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


錙

(Classical) A unit of weight, with variant written accounts; it is six 銖／铢 according to Shuo Wen


鈘

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 + phonetic 支 (OC *kje)


錸

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ).
Borrowed from New Latin rhenium.


鍀

(Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore) technetium (Tc)


錼

(chemistry, Taiwan, obsolete in Mainland China) neptunium


鍂

(historical) an ancient musical instrument, or a class of musical instruments


錝

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/


錡

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡral, *ɡralʔ, *ŋɡralʔ): semantic 金 + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral).


錵

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 花 (OC *hʷraː).


錳

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 孟.
From New Latin manganum.


鍏

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ): semantic 釒 (“metal”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl).

liushu

OC *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ


鍣

/t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/


鍡

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *quːlʔ): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 畏 (OC *quls).


鍚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *laŋ): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 昜 (OC *laŋ).


鍇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 皆 (OC *kriːl).


鍖

Characters in the same phonetic series (甚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)


鍻

type of drum decorated with gold or copper


鍍

to plate; to cover (a metal object) with a thin coating of a different metal


鍫

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰew): phonetic 秋 (OC *sʰɯw) + semantic 金 (“metal”) – a metal shovel.

Han compound

Alternative form of 鍬／锹 (qiāo, “shovel; spade”)


釵

/t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/


鍑

(historical) pot with a large mouth and sometimes a lid


鍥

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *keːd, *kʰeːd): semantic 金 (“metal; gold”) + phonetic 契 (OC *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd).


鎅

鎅親隻手

𰾛亲只手

(Cantonese) to cut with a blade or other sharp edge


錆

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): 金 (“metal”) + 青.


錣

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


鎰

Although it may be worth 240,000 taels, you will surely employ a lapidary to cut and polish it.

Jīn yǒu púyù yú cǐ, suī wàn yì, bì shǐ yùrén diāozhuó zhī.

今有璞玉於此，雖萬鎰，必使玉人彫琢之。

今有璞玉于此，虽万镒，必使玉人雕琢之。

a unit of weight equivalent to 20 or 24 兩／两


鏏

a kind of ding (ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid)


鏒

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


鏐

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯw, *rɯw): semantic 金 (“gold”) + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).


鏓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 悤 ()


鏙

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/


鐈

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/


鐉

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/


鏞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loŋ): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 庸 (OC *loŋ).
(The pen name of Jin Yong, one of the most influential modern Chinese-language novelists, is created by the decomposition from 鏞 to 金 and 庸.)


鐢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): phonetic 棥 (OC *ban) + semantic 金.


鐟

For pronunciation and definitions of 鐟 – see 鐕 (“headless nail”).
(This character is a variant form of 鐕).


鐩

a concave mirror that used sunlight to make fire in ancient times


鐦

For pronunciation and definitions of 鐦 – see 魁 (“first; leading; best; chief; leader; head; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 魁).


鐝

Alternative form of 钁／䦆 (jué, “pickaxe; hoe”)


鐠

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 普 (OC *pʰaːʔ).
From New Latin praseodymium.


鐰

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/


鐾

to sharpen (a knife by repeated grinding)


鐎

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


鐿

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 意 (OC *qɯɡs).
Borrowed from New Latin ytterbium.


鑏

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rneːŋ): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 寧 (OC *neːŋ).


鎧

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls): semantic 金 + phonetic 豈 (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ).

liushu

OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls


鑝

(literary) wearing a kind of helmet (兜鉾 or 兜鍪)


鐐

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːw, *reːws): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 尞 ().


鑥

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 魯 (OC *raːʔ, “lǔ”).
From New Latin lutetium.


鑟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 𧸇 ().


鑞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːb): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 巤 (OC *rab).


鑌

(literary) wrought iron; high-quality iron


鐮

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·rem): semantic 金 (“gold; metal”) + phonetic 廉 (OC *ɡ·rem).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjam (“sharp”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Han compound

鐮刀

镰刀


鐶

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷraːn): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ)

Han compound

round metal object with a large hole in the center


鎺

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鎺.
Spelling pronunciation, as 祖 (zǔ).


鍔

(literary) blade; edge (of a sword or knife)


鍬

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 秋 (OC *sʰɯw) – a metal shovel.

锹
鍫
喿
鐰
銚
橾
𣂁


鑹

/t͡sʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰu̯än⁵⁵/


鑸

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 壘 (OC *rulʔ).


鑶

(onomatopoeia) a ringing sound, such as from a bell


鋏

Long hilt sword, come on home [with me]! There's no fish in the food [here]!

長鋏歸來乎！食無魚。

长铗归来乎！食无鱼。


錨

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 苗 (OC *mrew).


閁

Ideogram (指事): semantic 門 (“door”) + semantic 丿


閇

Alternative form of 閉／闭 (bì, “to shut; to close; to obstruct”)


閆

From the cursive script form of 閻. 闫 was adopted as the simplified form of 閻 in the second round of simplified Chinese characters.
From 閻. After the retraction of the second round of simplification in Mainland China, some people have continued to use 闫 as their surname, but others have changed it to 阎, separating the two variants of the same surname into two different surnames.


閦

𬮥
𨴟
𨴖
𨴧
𨴳
𨳖
𨴠
𨴨


閡

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋɡɯːɡs): semantic 門 (“gate”) + phonetic 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ).


闚

For pronunciation and definitions of 闚 – see 窺 (“to peep”).
(This character is a variant form of 窺).


阰

name of a mountain in the kingdom of Chu


闤

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷraːn): semantic 門 (“door”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ)


闡

/t͡sʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/


阠

Characters in the same phonetic series (卂) (Zhengzhang, 2003)


阽

(literary) to approach; to be close to (danger)


阱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): semantic 阝 (“mound”) + phonetic 井 (OC *skeŋʔ, “well”).


陙

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/


阡

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sn̥ʰiːn): semantic 阜 (“soil mountain”) + phonetic 千 (OC *sn̥ʰiːn).

Han compound

Coordinate term: 陌 (mò)

(literary) footpath between fields going north to south


隇

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


陛

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *biːʔ): semantic 阝 + phonetic 坒 (OC *bis, *biɡ).

Han compound

陛下

(archaic) flight of steps; (specifically) steps leading to the throne in a palace


隞

Ao (the ancient capital of the Shang Dynasty, located in present-day Guancheng Hui district, Zhengzhou, Henan, China)


陲

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djol): semantic 阜 (“soil mountain”) + phonetic 垂 (OC *djol)

Han compound

zhōng suì pō hǎo dào, wǎn jiā nán shān chuí

中歲頗好道，晚家南山陲

中岁颇好道，晚家南山陲


隑

Many Wu lects pronounce this term as /ŋe/, which is derived from lenition of 徛 (/ɡe/)

(Wu, chiefly Southern, Western and Linshao Wu) to stand


隬

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 阝 (“mound”) + phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ).


雗

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaːns): phonetic 倝 (OC *kaːns) + semantic 隹 (“pheasant”)

Han compound

Alternative name for 白鷳／白鹇 (báixián, “silver pheasant”).


雱

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-p(w)am (“to freeze; snow”) (provisionally reconstructed) (STEDT).
:Insides Sinitic, 雱 (OC *pʰˁaŋ) is cognate with 霙 (OC *ʔraŋ) "sleet, snowflake", 冰 (OC *p.rəŋ) & 凌 (OC *[r]əŋ ~ p.rəŋ) (both meaning "ice"), & possibly also 凝 (OC [ŋ](r)əŋ) "to congeal" (STEDT; Baxter and Sagart, 2014);
:Outsides Sinitic, cognate with Proto-Tani *pam (“snow”), Japhug jpɣom (“to freeze”), tɤjpɣom (“ice”) (STEDT; Zhang, Jacques, and Lai, 2019).

och-l

*􂀿r􂁀əŋ ~ p.rəŋ

Cold does the north wind blow; heavy fall the rain and snow.

The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

北風其涼、雨雪其雱。

北风其凉、雨雪其雱。

(literary, of snowfall or rainfall) heavy; blanketing


霟

霟鐵圍之北。

霟铁围之北。


霦

^‡ Only used in 璘霦 (línbīn, “color or luster of jade”).


雯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯn): semantic 雨 + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn).
From 文 (OC *mɯn, “mark; design; pattern”).


霱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷid): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 矞 (OC *ɢʷid).


霤

eavesdrop; part of the eaves where rainwater drips down; eaves gutter


靯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'aːʔ): semantic 革 + phonetic 土 (OC *l̥ʰaːʔ, *l'aːʔ).


靂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːɡ): semantic 雨 + phonetic 歷 (OC *reːɡ).


鞎

(historical) leather decoration on the front of a carriage


鞔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *moːn): semantic 革 (“leather”) + phonetic 免 (OC *mronʔ)


鞟

(literary) animal hide or skin with hair removed


鞇

(alt. form 茵) cushion; mat (especially in a carriage)


鞝

For pronunciation and definitions of 鞝 – see 緔 (“to sole a shoe”).
(This character is the simplified form of 緔).
 Notes:
Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.


靧

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡluːds): semantic 面 + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds).

Han compound

Wǔ rì, zé tán tāng qǐng yù, sān rì jù mù, qíjiān miàn gòu, tán pān qǐng huì; zú gòu, tán tāng qǐng xǐ.

五日，則燂湯請浴，三日具沐，其間面垢，燂潘請靧；足垢，燂湯請洗。

五日，则燂汤请浴，三日具沐，其间面垢，燂潘请𫖃；足垢，燂汤请洗。


鞤

Alternative form of 幫／帮 (bāng, “upper part of a shoe”)


鞷

(historical) an ancient musical instrument


鞪

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mu, *moːɡ): phonetic 敄 (OC *moʔ, *mos) + semantic 革 (“leather”)


鞻

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roː): semantic 革 (“leather”) + phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).


鞽

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/


鞿

bit (part of reins in the mouth of a horse)


韈

Alternative form of 襪／袜 (wà, “socks; stockings”)


韏

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵¹/


韇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'oːɡ): semantic 革 (“leather”) + phonetic 𧶠 (OC *luɡ)


韆

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/


韗

䩵
*煇
𩏅
𩏆
𩋢
𩍹
𱂈


韘

See also: 玦

(historical) jade thumb ring used for archery


鞦

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

(in compounds or dialectal) swing (hanging seat)


韯

Alternative form of 韱 (xiān, “wild onion; leek”)


鞹

Borrowed from Proto-Tocharian *kʷac (“skin, hide”).


頋

For pronunciation and definitions of 頋 – see 顧 (“to turn around and look; to look back; to look at; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 顧).


頄

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


靴

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hʷa): semantic 革 (“leather”) + phonetic 化 (OC *hŋʷraːls).

Han compound

鞾
𩎁
韡
𩍇
𡲲
㞜
𩋖
𩋾
𩍍


韱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sem): semantic 韭 + phonetic 㦰 ().


頝

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


韠

knee cover (an ancient shield in front of leather clothing)


霰

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjar (“hail; sleet”); compare Tibetan སེར (ser, “hail”), Western Tamang सेर (“hail”) (STEDT; Hill, 2014; Schuessler, 2024).

inh

䨘
䨷
𩄧
𩆥
𩅤
𩃝
𩃂
𩆵


韢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *skʰʷeds): semantic 韋 + phonetic 惠 (OC *ɢʷiːds)


霖

(literary) long spell of rain; continuous rain


顀

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/


顜

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/


頮

Pictogram (象形): A human, head emphasised (頁／页), with both hands (廾) holding water (水 (shuǐ)).


頪

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 米 + 頁. Perhaps, according to an interpretation in the Shuowen Jiezi by Xu Shen, the first component is a contraction of 粉, which means that 頁 is the Kangxi radical.

Fresh/vivid white appearance (according to Xu Shen, 鮮白皃; otherwise, the meaning is difficult to know)


顟

/pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/


顡

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/


靨

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qeb): phonetic 厭 (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic 面 (“face”).


鞍

→ Proto-Tai: *ʔaːnᴬ

Thai: อาน (aan)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qaːn) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): semantic 革 (“leather”) + 安 (“secure”).


韭

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯əu̯⁴¹/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯əu̯⁴¹/

Pictogram (象形) – leek in the ground (一).

Allium tuberosum
Allium tuberosum#Translingual

garlic chives; Chinese chives; Chinese leek (Allium tuberosum)


顩

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/


顤

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hŋreːw, *ŋeːws): phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw) + semantic 頁 (“head”)


頰

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *keːb): phonetic 夾 (OC *kreːb) + semantic 頁 (“head”) – part of the head.


顢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *moːn): phonetic 㒼 () + semantic 頁 (“leaf”)


顴

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


靄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qaːds, *qaːd): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 謁 (OC *qad)


頔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'ɯːwɢ): phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw) + semantic 頁.


顳

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njeb): phonetic 聶 (OC *neb) + semantic 頁.

Han compound

(anatomy) Only used in 顳顬／颞颥 (nièrú, “temple; temporal bone”); also used as its short form.


顥

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 景 (“daylight”) + 頁 (“head (hair)”). According to the Shuowen Jiezi Zhu, it represents bright sunlight and the white hair in someone's head, signifying whiteness.


顰

(literary) to frown; to knit one's brows


颽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ): phonetic 豈 (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ) + semantic 風 (“wind”).

Han compound

Only used in 颽風／𬱼风, Alternative form of 凱風／凯风 (kǎifēng, “south wind”)


雹

⇒ Zhuang: lwgbag

/tʰɔk̚³²⁻²¹/

/tʰɔk̚³²⁻²¹/

Characters in the same phonetic series (勹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bruːɡ): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-bru(ŋ/k) (“dragon; thunder”), whence also 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ, “dragon”) (STEDT).


顖

(obsolete) Alternative form of 囟 (xìn, “fontanel”)


餏

A unit of salary used in 1940s in the area controlled by the Communist Party of China. One xi equals to the total price of some necessities.


頦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː): phonetic 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ) + semantic 頁.

liushu

OC *kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː


餖

Used in 飣餖／饤饾 (dìngdòu); also used as its short form.


餦

The Verses of Chu, 4ᵗʰ century BCE – 2ⁿᵈ century CE

粔籹蜜餌，有餦餭兮。

粔籹蜜饵，有𫗠𫗮兮。


餈

Alternative form of 糍 (cí, “glutinous rice cake”)


餴

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pɯn): semantic 食 (“food”) + phonetic 奔 (OC *pɯːn, *pɯːns).


饏

tasteless, without enough salt, insipid, dull


饈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): semantic 飠 (“food”) + phonetic 羞 (OC *snu)


饅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *moːn): semantic 食 + phonetic 曼 (OC *moːn, *mons).
Possibly related to Burmese မုန့် (mun., “snack”).


饡

^† to put thick soup or broth on top of rice


饠

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːl): semantic 食 (“eat”) + phonetic 羅 (OC *raːl)


顎

Proto-Tai: *ʰŋɯəkᴰ (“gum; gill”)

desc

Proto-Southwestern Tai: *ʰŋɯəkᴰ (“gum; gill”)

Thai: เหงือก (“gum; gill”)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːɡ): phonetic 咢 (OC *ŋaːɡ) + semantic 頁.


馻

horse hair growing in opposite directions


饙

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pɯn): semantic 食 (“food”) + phonetic 賁 (OC *prals, *bɯl, *pɯːn, *bɯn)


顆

一顆珠子

一颗珠子

In the sky of history blink a few stars; in the human world gallops a heroic spirit hither and thither.

1994, 王健 Wang Jian (lyricist), 谷建芬 Gu Jianfen (composer), "The Sky of History"《歷史的天空》

Lìshǐ de tiānkōng shǎnshuò jǐ kē xīng; rénjiān yī gǔ yīngxióng qì zài chíchěng zònghéng.

歷史的天空閃爍幾顆星；人間一股英雄氣在馳騁縱橫。

历史的天空闪烁几颗星；人间一股英雄气在驰骋纵横。

Classifier for small round objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier


馞

(literary) richly fragrant; strong smell


馽

to hobble and bind the front feet of a horse


馺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰɯːb): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 及 (OC *ɡrɯb)


飪

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njɯmʔ): semantic 食 (“food”) + phonetic 壬 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *njɯm).

Han compound

饪
餁
䏕
恁
㶵
𤇲
𤏼
𦜙
䭃


駂

horse with hairs that are black and white at the tips but red at the base


駏

offspring of a stallion and a female mule


馦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰeːm): semantic 香 (“fragrance”) + phonetic 兼 (OC *keːm, *keːms).


駩

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


馰

Only used in 馰顙／馰颡 (“horse with a white forehead”).


駷

to use a riding whip to keep a horse walking fast


駬

Only used in 騄駬／𫘧𱅋 (Lù'ěr). (Name of a legendary swift horse.)


騚

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/


騡

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


騱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡeː): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 奚 (OC *ɡeː).

Han compound

(literary) a kind of horse whose front hooves are white


驐

(dated or dialectal) to castrate an animal


驏

(literary) to ride a horse without a saddle


騇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 舍 (OC *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs).


驄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰloːŋ): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 悤 ().

Han compound

(obsolete) leek horse; horse in green-white color (somewhat resembles leek)


驊

Only used in 驊騮／骅骝 (huáliú, “fine horse”); also used as its short form.


驎

Only used in 騏驎／骐𬴊 (qílín); also used as its short form.


驖

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰiːɡ, *l'iːɡ): semantic 馬 + phonetic 𢧜 ().
Perhaps related to 鐵 (OC *l̥ʰiːɡ, “iron”) as both may be derived from the etymon "black".

Han compound

His four iron-black horses are burly; The six reins are in the hand (of the charioteer).

駟驖孔阜、六轡在手。

驷𬴋孔阜、六辔在手。


騖

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *moɡs): phonetic 敄 (OC *moʔ, *mos) + semantic 馬 (“horse”).


驀

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mraːɡ): phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ) + semantic 馬 (“horse”).


騲

/t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/


騫

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/


髇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰraːw): semantic 骨 (“bone”) + phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw).


髝

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːws): semantic 高 (“tall”) + phonetic 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws).


髜

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


髆

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paːɡ): semantic 骨 (“bone”) + phonetic 尃 (OC *pʰa).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p(r)ak ~ r-pak (“shoulder”). Cognate with Tibetan ཕྲག་པ (phrag pa).


駿

On the guiyou day, the Son of Heaven ordered the eight steeds to be harnessed to his chariots.

The Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven, c. 370 – 330 BCE, translated based on Zheng Dekun's version

Guǐyǒu, tiānzǐ mìng jià bājùn zhī chéng.

癸酉，天子命駕八駿之乘。

癸酉，天子命驾八骏之乘。


騸

Compare perhaps Burmese သင်း (sang:, “to geld, castrate”).


騾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roːl): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 累 (OC *ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols). Written as 驘 in Shuowen.

Han compound

骡
*驘
*臝
䯁
𩦻
𩧣

Viscount Jian of Zhao had two white mules which he liked very much.

Zhào Jiǎnzǐ yǒu liǎng bái luó ér shèn ài zhī.

趙簡子有兩白騾而甚愛之。

赵简子有两白骡而甚爱之。

mule (offspring of a donkey and a horse, sometimes specifically the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse) (Classifier: 匹 m; 頭／头 m; 隻／只 mn)


鬏

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/


髑

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doːɡ): semantic 骨 (“bone”) + phonetic 蜀 (OC *djoɡ).

Han compound

Only used in 髑髏／髑髅 (dúlóu, “skull”); also used as its short form.


鬇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zraːŋ, *zreːŋ): semantic 髟 (“hair drooping”) + phonetic 爭 (OC *ʔsreːŋ).


髭

Originally a pictogram (象形) depicting a man with a prominent mustache.
Later written 頿 or 頾, a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔse): semantic 須 (“beard”) + phonetic 此 (OC *sʰeʔ), where 須 is the original form of 鬚.
In the modern form, a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔse): semantic 髟 (“hair”) + phonetic 此 (OC *sʰeʔ).


鬖

Only used in 鬖髿／𩭹髿 (“hair hanging down; dishevelled, wild hair”).


鬡

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rneːŋ): semantic 髟 + phonetic 寧 (OC *neːŋ).


鬙

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɯːŋ): semantic 髟 (“hair”) + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).


鬟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷraːn): semantic 髟 (“hair”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ)


鬈

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


鬵

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zlam, *zɯm, *ljɯm): phonetic 兓 (OC *sl'ɯm) + semantic 鬲.
Possibly related to 甑 (OC *ʔsɯŋs) (Wang, 1982).


鬩

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦŋeːɡ) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): semantic 鬥 + phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje).


鬢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pins): semantic 髟 (“hair”) + phonetic 賓 (OC *mpin).


驢

→ Vietnamese: lừa

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *b·ra): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 盧 (OC *b·raː).

Han compound

donkey; ass (Classifier: 頭／头 m; 條／条 m; 匹 m; 隻／只 c mn)


鬴

Alternative form of 釜 (fǔ, “cauldron; kettle”)


髻

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kiːds): semantic 髟 (“long hair”) + phonetic 吉 (OC *klid).
From 結 (OC *kiːd, “to tie”) + exopassive nominal suffix *-s, literally “something tied” (Baxter and Sagart, 1997, 2014; Schuessler, 2007).


魃

The drought is excessive; - Parched are the hills, and the streams are dried. The demon of drought exercises its oppression. As if scattering flames and fire.

Hàn jì dàshèn, dídí shān chuān. Hànbá wèi nüè, rú tán rú fén.

旱既大甚、滌滌山川。旱魃為虐、如惔如焚。

旱既大甚、涤涤山川。旱魃为虐、如惔如焚。

Drought-Daemon could not go back up, so where she dwells there's no rain.

魃不得復上，所居不雨。

魃不得复上，所居不雨。


鬣

beard; mane; whiskers; bristles; tuft; fins; needles


鮌

According to Book of Generations' Origins, Gun built inner and outer walls. The inner walls were strong; the outer walls were great.

Àn “Shìběn”, Gǔn zuò chéngguō. Chéng, shèng yě; guō, dà yě.

按《世本》，鮌作城郭。城，盛也；郭，大也。

按《世本》，𱇢作城郭。城，盛也；郭，大也。

The Chinese mackerel is blue-colored, mottled, scaleless, and has teeth; also called zhanggun; Records of Lianjiang calls it zhangming.

1596, 屠本畯 Tu Benjun,《閩中海錯疏》Commentaries on a miscellany of marine creatures in Fujian

Mǎjiāo, qīng bān sè, wúlín yǒuchǐ, yòu míng zhānggǔn, “liánjiāngzhì” wèi zhī zhāngmíng.

馬鮫，青斑色，無鱗有齒，又名章鮌，《連江志》謂之章明。

马鲛，青斑色，无鳞有齿，又名章𱇢，《连江志》谓之章明。

(obsolete) Alternative form of 鯀／鲧 (gǔn)


髢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'eːls): semantic 髟 (“long hair”) + phonetic 也 (OC *laːlʔ)

Han compound

(literary) Alternative form of 鬄 (“wig”)


鬍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 髟 (“hair”) + phonetic 胡 (OC *ɡaː).
From 胡 (OC *ɡaː, “wattle; dewlap of an animal”), i.e. “that which hangs down from the chin” (Wang, 1980).
STEDT proposes that this word comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-wu (“beard”), but there are phonological problems with this reconstruction.


鮄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 弗 (OC *pɯd)


魑

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *r̥ʰel): semantic 鬼 (“ghost”) + phonetic 离 (OC *rel, *r̥ʰel).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *n-d-raj (“demon; evil spirit; ghost”).


魷

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 尤 (OC *ɢʷɯ).

Han compound

Only used in 魷魚／鱿鱼 (yóuyú, “squid”); also used as its short form.


鮯

a creature like a carp with a bird's tail and six legs


鮢

a shrimp-like fish with red spots on its scales


鮣

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qiŋs): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 印 (OC *qiŋs).


鯞

Only used in 鱖鯞／鳜𫚡 (juézhǒu, “bitterling”).


鮒

Carassius auratus
Carassius auratus#Translingual


鮾

alt. forms: 脮, 餒／馁 (něi)


鯓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 身.


鯠

Alternative name for 鰣／鲥 (shí, “Reeve's shad”).


鯄

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


鯮

a kind of fish with a pointed head and a mouth like a duckbill


鮩

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


鯬

Alternative name for 鰣／鲥 (shí, “Tenualosa reevesii”).


鯩

(obsolete) a fish like a crucian carp with black stripes


鰁

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

Sarcocheilichthys, genus of cyprinid fish


鰆

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/


鮸

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mronʔ): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 免 (OC *mronʔ).


鮃

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 魚 (“fish”) + 平 (“flat”) – a flat fish, a flounder.


鰇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mju): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 柔 (OC *mlju).
Specialization of 柔 (MC nyuw, “soft; flexible”).


鰴

An adjective indicating a powerful fish or a whale.


鰫

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 容 (OC *loŋ).
Variant of 鱅 (MC yowng|dzyowng).

Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis#Translingual

bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis)


鰂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zɯːɡ): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 則 (OC *ʔsɯːɡ).


鰸

a kind of small fish which resembles a prawn


鰽

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


鱋

Alternative form of 魼／𱇜 (qū, “flatfish”)


鱌

a fish like a whiptail stingray with a long snout


鱎

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


鱆

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 魚 + phonetic 章 (OC *kjaŋ).


鱕

a kind of large saltwater fish with a long serrated snout


鰍

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰi̯əu̯³³/

/t͡ɕʰi̯əu̯³³/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰi̯əu̯³³/

/t͡ɕʰi̯əu̯³³/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰɯw): semantic 魚 + phonetic 秋 (OC *sʰɯw).


鱃

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/


鯇

⇒ Zhuang: byavanx

Ctenopharyngodon idella
Ctenopharyngodon idella


鱬

(obsolete, Chinese mythology) a creature with a human face and a fish body


鱮

Synonym of 鰱／鲢 (lián, “silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)”)


鱵

Attested in Shan Hai Jing as 箴 (“needle”) (Zhengzitong).


鮫

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

(literary, or in compounds) porbeagle shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish)


鱷

→? Proto-Tai: *ŋɯəkᴰ (“crocodile”)

Ahom: 𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (ṅük, “crocodile; nāga”)

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Lao: ເງືອກ (ngư̄ak, “merperson; electric eel”)

Shan: ငိူၵ်ႈ (ngōek, “alligator; crocodile”)

Thai: เงือก (ngʉ̂ʉak, “snake; nāga; crocodilian; mythical water creature; merperson”)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːɡ): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 噩 (OC *ŋaːɡ).
Within Chinese, Carr (1990) relates it to:
* 咢 (OC *ŋaːɡ, “to beat the drum”), either because drumming was associated with dragons or because some drums were made of crocodilian skins (Schuessler, 2007).
* Words for “fear”, e.g. 愕 (OC *ŋaːɡ, “startled; terrified”), 噩 (OC *ŋaːɡ, “frightening; startling”).
Outside of Chinese, Carr (1990) also relates it to:
* Proto-Tai *ŋwak (“mythical water creature”) (reconstruction from Chamberlain, 1977), which Pittayaporn (2009-2010), reconstructing the root as *ŋɯəkᴰ (“crocodile”), holds to be a loan from Chinese.
* Proto-Austro-Tai *(m)baŋiwak (“shark; crocodile”), posited by Paul K. Benedict and proposed by him to give rise to the Tai word, as well as Japanese 鰐(わに) (wani, “crocodilian; shark”), 魚(うお) (uo, “fish”).
Vovin (2021) notes that 鱷 (OC *ŋâk ~ *ŋɑk) "aquatic reptile, saltwater crocodile" was attested late, for the first time in Shuowen as 𧊜 (è); and that "it would be very weird if the word for a ‘saltwater crocodile’ from the middle of Huang-he (黃河) river basin that lies quite far away from both tropics and the sea would be borrowed by Tai languages in Southern China". Therefore, Vovin contends that, instead, 鱷 (OC *ŋâk ~ *ŋɑk) had been borrowed into Later Han Chinese from Tai.


鴅

a mythical bird with a human face and a beak


鰱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ren): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 連 (OC *ren).

Han compound

(～魚) any fish of the genus Hypophthalmichthys, especially the silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)


鴭

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/


鴓

Alternative name for 冕柳鶯／冕柳莺 (“eastern crowned warbler”).


鳪

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *poːɡ): phonetic 卜 (OC *poːɡ) + semantic 鳥.


鳦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qriːd, *qrid): semantic 鳥 (“bird”) + 𠃉.
Related to 燕 (OC *qeːns, “swallow”) (Wang, 1982). See there for more.

Han compound

Lady Xiu was a woman descending from Zhuanxu; she swallowed a swallow's egg then bore Ye the Great.

Sima Zhen, 《史記索隱》"Seeking Obscurities in Records of the Grand Historian"

Nǚxiū, zhuānxū zhī yìnǚ, tūn yìzǐ ér shēng dàyè.

女脩，顓頊之裔女，吞鳦子而生大業。

女脩，颛顼之裔女，吞𱉇子而生大业。


鴸

a mythical bird resembling an owl with human hands, said to bring bad luck


鴪

Alternative form of 鴥／𫛣 (yù, “to fly quickly, to swoop”)


鴹

a mythical bird which can create heavy rain


鵌

a kind of bird which shares its nest with rats


鵅

a kind of waterfowl with purple and white belly and wings, and a green back


鴽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *nja): phonetic 如 (OC *nja, *njas) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).


鱈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 雪 (OC *sqʰʷed).


鴕

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'aːl): semantic 鳥 (“bird”) + phonetic 它 (OC *l̥ʰaːl).


鴦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qaːŋ, *qaŋ): phonetic 央 (OC *qaŋ) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

Han compound

鴛鴦

鸳鸯


鴒

Various species of lark or wagtail, of the family Motacilla


鵔

Used in 鵔鸃／𱉿𱉌 (jùnyí, “golden pheasant”).


鴴

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): phonetic 行 (OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

plover (bird of the subfamily Charadriinae)


鴣

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kaː): phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).


鰈

Possibly a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 枼 (OC *leb). Another explanation is that it is an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + semantic 枼 (“flat, wide, thin”). It is possible that the two interpretations influenced each other.


鵋

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡɯs): phonetic 忌 (OC *ɡɯs) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

Han compound

Only used in 鵋䳢／𱉽𫛰 (jìqí, “owl”); also used as its short form.


鯔

Mugil cephalus
Mugil cephalus#Translingual


鴯

Only used in 鷾鴯／𱊰鸸 (yì'ér) and 鴯鶓／鸸鹋 (érmiáo).


鰯

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鰯 (iwashi, “sardine”). A Japanese kokuji coined phono-semanically (弱し yowashi) in the Nara period.
Spelling pronunciation, as 弱 (ruò)

obor

pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus), sardine.


鵽

Syrrhaptes paradoxus
Syrrhaptes paradoxus

Only used in 鵽鳩／𱊍鸠 (“Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)”).


鱧

鳢
鱺
𩷋
𩽵
*⿰魚䗍
𱇊
*⿰魚𢍝
*⿰魚𥯵
*⿰魚𧋠
*⿰魚𧱤

snakehead, especially the northern snakehead (Channa argus)


鶞

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/


鶆

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯː): phonetic 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).


鶠

Alternative name for 鳳凰／凤凰 (fènghuáng, “Chinese phoenix”).


鵑

Only used in 杜鵑／杜鹃 (dùjuān, “cuckoo”); also used as its short form.


鶨

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵¹/


鵱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ruɡ): semantic 坴 + phonetic 鳥 (OC *tɯːwʔ, “bird”)


鵻

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/


鶖

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

Garrulus glandarius
Garrulus glandarius#Translingual


鶒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰɯɡ): phonetic 勅 (OC *tʰɯɡ) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

Han compound

𫛶
鷘
𪀦
𪀸
𪅙
鵣
䳵
𪄪
𪆵
𪄠
𪅍


鵄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰji): phonetic 至 (OC *tjiɡs) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)


鵡

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maʔ): phonetic 武 (OC *maʔ) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *măH (“a kind of bird (peacock, parrot)”); cognate with Tibetan རྨ་བྱ (rma bya, “peacock”); compare also Bodo (India) [script needed] (məyra, “peacock”) (Peiros & Starostin, 1996).


鶾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaːn): phonetic 倝 (OC *kaːns) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)


鷑

Only used in 鷑鳩／𱊢鸠 (“a small black bird”).


鶼

(Chinese mythology) the jian, a mythical bird with one eye and one wing


鶘

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaː): phonetic 胡 (OC *ɡaː) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)


鷏

A Nightjar (Specifically a Jungle Nightjar)


鱒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zuːnʔ, *zuːns): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 尊 (OC *ʔsuːn).


鶿

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsɯ, *zɯ): phonetic 玆 (OC *ɡʷeːn) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)

Han compound

Only used in 鸕鶿／鸕鷀／鸬鹚 (lúcí, “cormorant”).


鷫

^† Name of a kind of bird, clipping of 鷫鷞／鹔𮭪 (sùshuāng).


鸔

a kind of waterbird with a green back, purple and white abdomen, and which resembles a goose


鷮

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *krew, *ɡrew): phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).
Sagart (2017) relates it to 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew, “tall; lofty”), Tibetan སྒྲོ (sgro, “to elevate; large feather”), Jingpho shagrau (“to exalt”).

cog

Dense is that forest in the plain,
And there sit the long-tailed pheasants.

依彼平林，有集維鷮。

依彼平林，有集维𱉬。

Syrmaticus reevesii
Syrmaticus reevesii#Translingual

a kind of pheasant with a long tail, probably Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)


鴟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjil): phonetic 氐 (OC *tiːl, *til) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)


鸌

seabirds in the order Procellariiformes (albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters)


鸈

a bird which can predict the luck of people


鷳

Lophura nycthemera
Lophura nycthemera#Translingual


鷷

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsun, *zun): phonetic 尊 (OC *ʔsuːn) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)


鷖

The wild ducks like to dive; the seagulls like to float.

陸佃 Lu Dian,《埤雅》Piya, late 11ᵗʰ century CE.

鳬好沒，鷖好浮。

凫好没，鹥好浮。

Riding a motley shade gull, hitched to a jade hornless dragon quadriga, I’m suddenly journeying upward on a dust-flown wind.

Sì yùqiú yǐ chéng yī xī, kè āifēng yú shàngzhēng.

駟玉虯以乘鷖兮，溘埃風余上徵。

驷玉虬以乘鹥兮，溘埃风余上征。


鸘

Synonym of 鷫鸘／鹔鹴 (sùshuāng), which is a variant of 鷫鷞／鹔𮭪 (sùshuāng).


鸃

Only used in 鵔鸃／𱉿𱉌 (jùnyí, “golden pheasant”).


鸐

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *r'eːwɢ): phonetic 翟 (OC *r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).


鷥

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *slɯ): phonetic 絲 (OC *slɯ) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)


鱏

Alternative form of 鱘／鲟 (xún, “sturgeon”)


鸂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰeː): phonetic 溪 (OC *kʰeː) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).


鮎

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *neːm): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 占 (OC *ʔljem, *tjems).

Han compound

catfish (fishes in order Siluriformes), especially Amur catfish (Silurus asotus)


鯛

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tɯːw): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 周 (OC *tjɯw).

Han compound

蒲燒鯛炒飯

蒲烧鲷炒饭


鸒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *la, *las): phonetic 與 (OC *la, *laʔ, *las) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka-n (“crow”). Cognate with 烏 (OC *qaː) and 鴉 (OC *qraː), both meaning "crow, raven".


鸕

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raː): phonetic 盧 (OC *b·raː) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)


鹷

salt; salty substance, especially table salt


鱉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ped): phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed) + semantic 魚.

Han compound

Pelodiscus sinensis
Wikispecies:Pelodiscus sinensis

soft-shell turtle (any turtle in the family Trionychidae, especially Pelodiscus sinensis)


鵰

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (鵰):
* → Japanese: 鵰(ちょう) (chō)
* → Korean: 조(鵰) (jo)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *daw (“bird”); cognate with 鳥 (OC *tɯːwʔ) (STEDT).


麜

female Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus)


鰹

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kiːn): semantic 魚 + phonetic 堅 (OC *kiːn).


麔

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/


麧

(alt. form 覈) leftover husk after pounding grains


鶉

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/

The quails run [in pairs]. The magpies fly [in pairs]. That man is not nice. I call him brother.

Chún zhī bēnbēn, què zhī jiāngjiāng. Rén zhī wú liáng, wǒ yǐ wéi xiōng.

鶉之奔奔，鵲之彊彊。人之無良，我以為兄。

鹑之奔奔，鹊之彊彊。人之无良，我以为兄。

quail (originally refers to those with spots on feathers)


鸝

Attested somewhat late, earliest in "Rhapsody on Gaotang [Shrine]" (高唐賦), attributed to Song Yu & included in Selections of Refined Literature:
*
Guo Pu (郭璞) glosses 鸝 as meaning " yellowish black"; and also proposes that the black-naped orioles are named 鸝黃／鹂黄 (líhuáng) after "their yellow and sallow black colorings"; Li Shan (李善) apparently relates the birds' color 鸝／鹂 to the horses' coat-color 驪／骊 (lí, “pure black”) by treating each graph as the other's variant.

zh-l

鸝黃／鹂黄 (líhuáng)

the royal-coot, the yellow witwall / oriole, herald-of-dusk; warbler / dove of Chu,

3th century BCE, 宋玉 Song Yu, 《高唐賦》 ("Rhapsody on Gaotang [Shrine]"); translation based on Arthur Waley's version.

王雎，鸝黃，正冥，楚鳩。

王雎，鹂黄，正冥，楚鸠。

The pines and cypresses were thick and dark, and orioles joined together in sporting.

3rd century CE, 阮籍 (Ruan Ji), 《詠懷》 ("Singing My Cares"), no. 51; translated by Owen & Swartz (2017)

松柏鬱森沈，鸝黃相與嬉。

松柏郁森沈，鹂黄相与嬉。

Yellow orioles cross over the structures, purple doves descend to the door’s grillwork.

8th century, 杜甫 (Du Fu),《大雲寺贊公房四首》 ("Reverend Zan’s Chambers in Great Cloud Temple - Four Poems"), no. 1; translated by Owen (2017)

黃鸝度結構，紫鴿下罘罳。

黄鹂度结构，紫鸽下罘罳。


鴞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦraw): phonetic 号 (OC *ɦlaːws) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).


鶪

Alternative form of 鵙／𱉐 (jú, “shrike (kind of bird)”)


麖

a kind of large deer, probably sambar deer


麂

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kəy (“deer, barking deer”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007).

inh

† - Reeves's muntjac; ‡ - hairy-fronted muntjac


麨

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰiːu̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰiːu̯³⁵/


鷗

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoː): phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).


鶚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːɡ): phonetic 咢 (OC *ŋaːɡ) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).


黢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 黑 (“black”) + phonetic 夋 (OC *sʰlun).


麰

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mu): semantic 麥 (“wheat”) + phonetic 牟 (OC *mu).
Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m/b)rəw (“grain; seed; lineage”) (STEDT); see 物 (OC *mɯd, “thing, matter, substance”) for more cognates.

inh

𮮇
牟
𦭷
𪌚
𪌸
𪍓
𪍫


鵬

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (鵬):
* → Korean: 붕(鵬) (bung)
* → Vietnamese: bằng (鵬)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯːŋ) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): phonetic 朋 (OC *bɯːŋ, “phoenix”) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)
This has been related to 風 (OC *plum, “wind”) (Schuessler, 2007) and also by Wang (1982) to 鳳 (OC *bums, “male fenghuang”).

Han compound

I don't know how many thousand li the Pengʹs back is.

鵬之背，不知其幾千里也。

鹏之背，不知其几千里也。

(Chinese mythology) peng (enormous bird)


鷸

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷid): phonetic 矞 (OC *ɢʷid) + semantic 鳥.


黳

810, Yuan Zhen, 《答姨兄胡靈之見寄五十韻》

Wǒ rán yī shù cùn, jūn fà bái qiān jīng.

我髯黳數寸，君髮白千莖。

810, Yuan Zhen, 《答姨兄胡靈之見寄五十韻》

我髯黳数寸，君发白千茎。


鵜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *diːl): phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)


鷹

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qɯŋ): phonetic 䧹 (OC *qɯŋ, “eagle; hawk”) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).
This word is possibly related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-la(ŋ/k) (“bird of prey”), which is likely a loan from Proto-Mon-Khmer *laŋ ~ *laaŋ ~ *laiŋ (“large raptor”) > Proto-Bahnaric *klaːŋ (“hawk”), Proto-Palaungic *klaːŋ (“kite”), Mon လနေၚ် (“kite”), Khmer ខ្លែង (khlaeng, “kite”); within Tibeto-Burman, compare Tibetan གླག (glag, “eagle; vulture”), Burmese လင်းတ (lang:ta., “vulture”), Jingpho lang (“bird of the falcon family”) (Benedict, 1972; STEDT).
This word agrees better with Tibetan སྐྱིང་སེར (skying ser, “eagle; vulture”) if the Old Chinese is reconstructed as *s-ki̯əŋ (Benedict, 1990; Schuessler, 2007); Benedict (1976) reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-kiŋ for this, which Benedict (1990) suggests is the native Sino-Tibetan root.

cog

禿鷹

秃鹰

雀鷹

雀鹰

貓頭鷹

猫头鹰

a bird of prey of Accipitriformes (eagles, hawks, kites, vultures), Falconiformes (falcons) or Strigiformes (owls)


麿

/mä³⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mä³⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 麿 (maro).


鸚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qreːŋ): phonetic 嬰 (OC *qeŋ) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ɣrēŋ (“a kind of parrot”); cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (ukhriŋ¹, “small parrot”) (Peiros & Starostin, 1996).


黻

An embroidered figure resembling 亞 or two back-to-back 弓 characters, which represents two animals with their backsides together and is a symbol for knowing right from wrong; one of the Twelve Ornaments.


鼛

(historical) large drum used to summon or dismiss people before or after labor in ancient China


黥

(historical) to tattoo the face, one of the Five Punishments in Ancient China


鶲

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): phonetic 翁 (OC *qloːŋ) + semantic 鳥


黶

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qemʔ): phonetic 厭 (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic 黑 (“black”).


鼣

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 鼠 (“mouse; rat”) + 犬 (“dog”).

a large rodent whose call sounds like a dog barking


鼵

a yellowish mouse-like animal which shares its burrow with birds. This was likely the pika.


黹

Pictogram (象形). It could represent a decoration similar to a cloud used on bronzes and dresses.


鷺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːɡs): phonetic 路 (OC *ɡ·raːɡs) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).
Compare Khmer ក្រក (krɑɑk, “species of heron”), Thai ร้า (ráa, “species of heron”) (Schuessler, 2007).


鼩

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡo): semantic 鼠 (“mouse; rat”) + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo).


鼐

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *nɯːʔ, *nɯːs): phonetic 乃 (OC *nɯːʔ) + semantic 鼎.

Han compound

a big ding (ancient three-legged bronze cauldron for cooking)


齂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hmrɯːds, *hmrɯds, *mrɯːd): semantic 鼻 (“nose”) + phonetic 隶 (OC *lɯds).


鼳

a mythical beast like a giant rat with horse's hooves


鼽

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


鼘

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qrin, *qʷiːn): semantic 鼓 (“drum”) + phonetic 淵 (OC *qʷiːn).


齉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 鼻 + phonetic 囊 (OC *naːŋ).

(of nose) blocked, causing one to speak with a nasal twang; snuffling


鷭

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ban): phonetic 番 (OC *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).


鼒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zlɯː, *ʔslɯ): phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs) + semantic 鼎.

Han compound

a ding (ancient three-legged bronze cauldron for cooking) that has a small opening


鼢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯn, *bɯnʔ): semantic 鼠 (“mouse; rat”) + phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns).


齤

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


鼯

A flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)


鼚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰaŋ): semantic 鼓 (“drums”) + phonetic 長 (OC *taŋʔ, *daŋ, *daŋs)

Han compound

(literary, onomatopoeia) Describes the sound of drumming.