汈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 刁.


氠

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 申.
Borrowed from English xenon. Obsoleted, as it is homophonous to 砷 (shēn, “arsenic”).


氕

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 气 (“gas”) + 丿 (“one”). Also a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) , where 丿 (piě) acts as the phonetic component. Compare 氘 (“deuterium”) and 氚 (“tritium”).
From 丿 (piě, “left falling stroke”) from the glyph, possibly influenced by New Latin protium. In Mandarin, it is pronounced in the first tone by analogy with 氘 (dāo, “deuterium”) and 氚 (chuān, “tritium”).


氡

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 冬.
Borrowed from English radon.


殲

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsem) : semantic 歹 + phonetic 韱 (OC *sem).

Han compound

宋師敗績，公傷股，門官殲焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
宋师败绩，公伤股，门官歼焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE

The Song forces were decisively defeated. The Duke was wounded in the thigh, and all of his guards were killed in the battle.

Sòng shī bàijì, gōng shāng gǔ, ménguān jiān yān. [Pinyin]

to annihilate; to wipe out; to kill off; to destroy


汷

name of an ancient river in Hubei province


氘

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 气 (“gas”) + ⿰丿丨 (“two”). Also a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) , where ⿰丿丨, variant of 刀 (dāo), acts as the phonetic component. Compare 氕 (“protium”) and 氚 (“tritium”).
From 刀 (dāo) from the glyph, possibly influenced by New Latin deuterium.


汳

name of an ancient river in Henan province


汧

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/


氟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 弗.
From earlier 弗氣／弗气, 弗素, which is probably an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 弗素, where 弗(ふつ) (futsu) was used phonetically.


氚

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 气 (“gas”) + 川 (“three”). Also a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) , where 川 (chuān) acts as the phonetic component. Compare 氕 (“protium”) and 氘 (“deuterium”).
From 川 (chuān) from the glyph, possibly influenced by New Latin tritium. In Mandarin, it is pronounced in the first tone by analogy with 氕 (piē, “protium”) and 氘 (dāo, “deuterium”).


氨

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 安 (ān).
Borrowed from English ammonia. Related to 銨／铵 (ǎn, “ammonium”) and 胺 (àn, “amine”).


汮

the name of an ancient river in Henan province


氦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 亥 (hài).
Borrowed from New Latin helium.


汋

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


毗

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bi) : semantic 囟 + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).


氖

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 乃.


殖

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djɯɡ) : semantic 歹 + phonetic 直 (OC *dɯɡ).

Han compound

to breed; to reproduce; to spawn; to increase


氙

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 山 (“mountain”). The phonetic component is abbreviated from 仙 (“celestial being”).
Borrowed from English xenon.


汻

For pronunciation and definitions of 汻 – see 滸 (“water’s edge, waterside”).
(This character is an ancient form of 滸).


汣

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/

(archaic) used in the lake names 東汣／东汣 (Dongjiu) and 西汣 (Xijiu) (now 東氿／东氿 and 西氿), located in Yixing, Jiangsu province, China


氛

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰɯn, *bɯn) : semantic 气 + phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns).


汯

Only used in 泓汯 (“(of currents) whirling; swirling”).


氰

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 气 + phonetic 青 (qīng).
From 青 (qīng), influenced by cyanogen.


汊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰraːls) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 叉 (OC *sʰraːl, *sʰreːl, “to intersect”)


沊

(Cantonese, onomatopoeia) splash (sound of an object dropping into water)


汾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯn) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns).


沂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋɡɯl) : semantic 水 (“river”) + phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns).


沁

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (沁):
* → Vietnamese: thấm (沁)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰlɯms) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 心 (OC *slɯm).


毯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰaːmʔ) : semantic 毛 + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam).


泹

把豆芽放在鍋裡泹一下撈起來涼拌。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
把豆芽放在锅里泹一下捞起来凉拌。 [Sichuanese, simp.]

From: 成都话方言词典

Put the bean sprouts in the pot to parboil them, and scoop them out to prepare a cold salad.

Ba³ dou⁴ya² fang⁴ zai⁴ ko¹ ni³ dan³ i²ha⁴ nau¹ qi³nai² niang²ban⁴. [Sichuanese Pinyin]


沺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'iːŋ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 田 (OC *l'iːŋ)


楓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *plum) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 風 (OC *plum, *plums)


泯

to destroy; to obliterate; to extinguish; to vanish


洂

For pronunciation and definitions of 洂 – see 液 (“liquid; fluid; sap; juice; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 液).


洁

For pronunciation and definitions of 洁 – see 潔 (“clean; pure; innocent; to clean; to purify; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 潔).
 Notes:
Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.


汐

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljaːɡ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ).
From 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ, “evening”). Compare 潮 (OC *r'ew, “morning tide; tide”).

Han compound

潮汐


泑

vitreous enamel on porcelain, vitreous china (coating)


洤

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


洢

ancient name of the Yihe River in Henan Province, China


洈

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


洐

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


洓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰeɡ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 朿 (OC *sʰeɡs)


浀

Alternative form of 曲 Only used in 浀池 (“a place in the state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period”).


洙

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djo) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).


洱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njɯʔ, *njɯs) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 耳 (OC *njɯʔ).


浗

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


浢

name of an ancient river in Shanxi province


浺

Only used in 浺瀜 (“(body of water) deep and wide”).


浶

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 牢 (OC *ruː).


洟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰiːls, *lil) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 夷 (OC *lil).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water”). Cognate with 涕 (OC *tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls).


洸

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 光 (OC *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs).


涐

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːl) : semantic 氵 (“river”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

Han compound

(archaic) old name of the Dadu River in Sichuan province


浼

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *muːlʔ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 免 (OC *mronʔ)


涇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡeŋʔ, *keːŋ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 巠 (OC *keːŋ)


涪

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 咅 (OC *pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs).

(～江) Fu River (a river in Sichuan and Chongqing, China)


涑

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sloː, *sloːɡ, *sloɡ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 束 (OC *hljoɡ)


淈

alt. forms: 滑, 汩, 抇

(archaic) to stir up; to muddy; to agitate; to disturb


淭

Only used in 淭挐 (“hoe, rake (type of farm tool or implement)”).


涷

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *toːŋ, *toːŋs) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 東 (OC *toːŋ, “east”)
Hmong-Mien; compare Proto-Mien *mbluŋC (“rain”), which possibly relates to Proto-Hmong *m-noŋC (“rain”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Han compound

廣開兮天門，
紛吾乘兮玄雲。
令飄風兮先驅，
使涷雨兮灑塵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
广开兮天门，
纷吾乘兮玄云。
令飘风兮先驱，
使𰛒雨兮洒尘。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

Wide open is the Gate of Heaven;Chaotically I ride the dark clouds.I command the whirl-winds to advance;I order the torrential rain to sprinkle the dust.

Guǎngkāi xī tiānmén,Fēn wú chéng xī xuányún.Lìng piāofēng xī xiānqū,Shǐ dōngyǔ xī sǎ chén. [Pinyin]


渄

name of an ancient river that flowed into the Xiang River in Hunan province


淞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ) : semantic 氵 (“river”) + phonetic 松 (OC *sɢloŋ).


淙

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zuːŋ, *sruːŋs, *zuːŋ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 宗 (OC *ʔsuːŋ).


渱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡoːŋ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 虹 (OC *kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ).

Han compound

Only used in 潰渱／溃渱 (“gushing of hot water”).


淤

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qa, *qas) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 於 (OC *qaː, *qa).


湁

Only used in 湁潗 (“(of water) to well up, boil out, bubble forth, spurt”).


橘

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (橘):
* → Japanese: 橘(きつ) (kitsu)
* → Korean: 귤(橘) (gyul)
* → Vietnamese: quất (橘)

→ Vietnamese: quít

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷid) : semantic 木 + phonetic 矞 (OC *ɢʷid).
Unknown. Schuessler (2007) connected 橘 (OC kwit) to Khmer ឃ្វិច (khvɨc, “tangerine”) and also deemed as "less likely" connections to ក្រូច (krouc, “citrus”) and Proto-Hre-Sedang *kruč (Bodman, 1980). However, Alves (2018) considered this Old Chinese word's Austroasiatic origin likely, and compared it to Proto-Mon-Khmer *kruuc ~ kruəc.

Han compound

Citrus reticulata
Citrus reticulata#Translingual

mandarin orange, Citrus reticulata, tangerine, orange


渽

ancient name of the Dadu River in Sichuan province


湉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'eːm) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 恬 (OC *l'eːm).

Han compound

(literary) smoothly flowing, placid (water)


湴

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *breːms) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 並 (OC *beːŋʔ).


湕

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

name of a river in Jingmen, Hubei province


湍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰoːn, *tjon) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 耑 (OC *toːn).


湥

current; flow; stream (of water or other fluid)


湜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *dɯɡ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 是 (OC *djeʔ).


渭

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢuds) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds)


溸

For pronunciation and definitions of 溸 – see 溯 (“to go upstream; to go against a current; to trace back; to recall”).
(This character is a variant form of 溯).

zh-see

appliance used to fetch (scoop up) water while in a boat


沼

王立於沼上，顧鴻雁麋鹿，曰：「賢者亦樂此乎？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
王立于沼上，顾鸿雁麋鹿，曰：「贤者亦乐此乎？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

The king went and stood with him by a pond, and, looking round at the large geese and deer, said, 'Do wise and good princes also find pleasure in these things?'

Wáng lì yú zhǎo shàng, gù hóngyàn mílù, yuē: “Xián zhě yì yuè cǐ hū?” [Pinyin]


溮

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 師


滗

For pronunciation and definitions of 滗 – see 潷 (“to decant; to drain; to strain”).
(This character is the simplified form of 潷).
 Notes:
Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.


滐

(Cantonese) Alternative form of 杰 (“thick; viscous”)


溹

ancient name of Suohe River in Henan province


溽

/d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹/

/d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹/


滘

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/


滧

(dialect) branching stream of a natural harbor (used in placenames)


滶

name of an ancient river that has its source in Henan province


滱

name of an ancient river in Hebei province


漒

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/


漞

name of a type of stone, often used as inkstone, found in Longxi County, Dingxi, Gansu province


漍

北漍／北𬇹


漅

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/


滖

Only used in 滖灖 (“snow or frost patch (covering)”).


漊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roːʔ, *roʔ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).

Han compound

(～水) Loushui River (a river in Hubei and Hunan provinces, China)


滍

name of an ancient river in modern-day Lushan County, Henan province


溟

Thought by classical commentators to be the same word as 冥 (OC *meːŋ, “dark, black(of water)”) (likely in light of the parallelism with the unrelated 海 (OC *hmlɯːʔ, “sea, ocean”) < 晦 (OC *hmɯːs, “dark”)). If so, see 冥 (OC *meːŋ) for etymology.
Schuessler (2007) proposes that there's an outside chance this can be instead connected with Proto-Tibeto-Burman *mlik, whence Old Burmese မ္လစ် (“river”), Burmese မြစ် (mrac), Rakhine [script needed] (mreik, “sea”), Daai Chin [Term?] (mlik (tui), “big water, river, sea”)

cog

北冥有魚，其名為鯤。 [MSC, trad.]
北冥有鱼，其名为鲲。 [MSC, simp.]

In the northern ocean there is a fish; its name is Kun.

Běimíng yǒu yú, qí míng wéi kūn. [Pinyin]


漘

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦljun) : semantic 水 (“river”) + phonetic 脣 (OC *ɦljun).


滲

→ Tangut: 𗊿 (*śiẽ¹)


滓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsrɯʔ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 宰 (OC *ʔsɯːʔ).


潫

Only used in 奫潫 (“(appearance of water) cycling or swirling around”).


潩

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lɯɡs, *lɯɡ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 異 (OC *lɯɡs).

Han compound

name of a river (of modern-day Qingyi River in Henan province, China)


澃

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/


潁

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷeŋʔ) : semantic 水 (“river”) + phonetic 頃 (OC *kʰʷeŋ, *kʰʷeŋʔ).

Han compound

(～河, ～水) Ying River (a river in Henan and Anhui, China; the largest tributary of the Huai River)


潞

midstream to downstream of Salween River， running through Yunnan


潶

ancient name for Black River (黑水) in today's Yongzhou Territory (雍州境)


澵

name of an ancient river in modern-day Henan province


澼

Used in 洴澼 (píngpì, “to wash; to bleach (silk)”).


濋

name of an ancient river in present-day Dingtao District, Shandong province


濝

(濝水) name of a river in Jiyuan, Henan province


澐

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢun) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 雲 (OC *ɢun).

Han compound

billows of a river (possibly specifically the Yangtze River)


濏

Only used in 濏濏水 (“name of an ancient river in Xingyang, Henan province”).


濨

name of an ancient river in modern-day Hebei province


濴

Only used in 濎濴／濎𬈜 (“a tiny stream of water”).


潟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sjaːɡ) : semantic 水 + phonetic 舄 (OC *sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ).


濿

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rap (“to cross (river), to ford, to wade”) (provisional) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan རབ (rab, “ford”) & Jingpho [script needed] (rap⁵⁵); possibly unrelated to 瀨 (OC *raːds) (Schuessler, 2007).

der

(literary) to cross over a stream using stepping stones; to ford


瀙

Only used in 瀙水／𰜜水 (“the ancient name of modern-day Shahe, Hebei”).


瀫

Only used in 瀫江 (“name of a river in Jinhua, Zhejiang province”).


瀍

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


瀔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koːɡ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 穀 (OC *kloːɡ).


瀜

Only used in 浺瀜 (“(body of water) deep and wide”).


灅

Only used in 灅水 (“ancient name of Shahe in Zunhua, Hebei province”).


瀿

to overflow suddenly (of water or a river)


濾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ras) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 慮 (OC *ras).


灗

Only used in 蜿灗 (“(water flow) meander; twists and turns”).


灚

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/


灦

Only used in 灦渙／灦涣 (“(of water) deep and clear”).


瀘

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

Han compound

昆明城，在東瀘之西，去龍口十六日程。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
昆明城，在东泸之西，去龙口十六日程。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

The city of Kunming is west of the Eastern Lu, some 16 days' journey from Longkou.

Kūnmíng chéng, zài Dōnglú zhī xī, qù Lóngkǒu shíliù rì chéng. [Pinyin]

(～水) Lu River (ancient name of the lower reaches of the Yalong River and the part where the Jinsha River meets the Yalong)


灛

name of an ancient river in Ningyang County, Shandong province, China


灈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷa) : semantic 氵 (“water; river”) + phonetic 瞿 (OC *kʷas, *ɡʷa).

Han compound

(～水) (historical) Qu (a river in Henan, China, now called Shiyang River)


灞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *praːɡs) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 霸 (OC *praːɡs)

Han compound

Used in 灞河 (“river in Shanxi province”).


瀚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaːns) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 翰 (OC *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns)


炆

佛跳牆，炆得咁鬼香，見到佛跳牆，鬼都要裝香 [Cantonese, trad.]
佛跳墙，炆得咁鬼香，见到佛跳墙，鬼都要装香 [Cantonese, simp.]
fat⁶ tiu³ coeng⁴, man¹ dak¹ gam³ gwai² hoeng¹, gin³ dou³⁻² fat⁶ tiu³ coeng⁴, gwai² dou¹ jiu³ zong¹ hoeng¹ [Jyutping]

From: 許冠傑, 佛跳牆

Fat tiu cheung, what a wonderful smell; at the sight of fat tiu cheung, even the spirits want to burn incense

(Cantonese cuisine) to simmer; to cook over a slow fire


烇

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴/


烐

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 舟 (OC *tjɯw).


灷

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 火 (“fire”) + 廾 (“hands”) – fire that can be handled, embers, hot coals.


炵

Only used in 炵炵 (“a strong, vigorous and blazing fire”).


烀

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 乎 (OC *ɢaː).


瀴

天瀴得來，當心眼。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
天𰜳得来，当心眼。 [Suzhounese, simp.]
It's getting cold, be careful.


烕

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hmed) : phonetic 戌 (OC *smid) + semantic 火 (“fire”).
Shuowen considers this to be an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 戌 (“ninth month”) + 火 (“fire”), probably alluding to a passage in Huainanzi:
:
火生於寅，壯於午，死於戌 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
火生于寅，壮于午，死于戌 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Huǒ shēng yú yín, zhuàng yú wǔ, sǐ yú xū [Pinyin]
[The element] fire is born in the first month, is strong in the fifth month, and dies in the ninth month.
Cognate with 滅 (OC *med); see there for more.

zh-x

^火 生 於 寅，壯 於 午，死 於 戌

􂀿The element􂁀 fire is born in the first month, is strong in the fifth month, and dies in the ninth month.

赫赫宗周，褒姒烕之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

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

But the majestic honoured capital of Zhou,Is being destroyed by Si of Bao.

Original form of 滅／灭 (miè, “to extinguish; to destroy”).


焋

For pronunciation and definitions of 焋 – see 𣴣 (“to fill a cauldron or rice pot with rice”).
(This character is an ancient form of 𣴣).


烯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 希, the latter being derived from 稀 (xī, “rare”) of which it is the phonetic element. This is coined in light of the observed lack of hydrogens (as compared to alkanes) in alkenes and the fact that alkenes are flammable.
Compare 烷 (wán, “alkane”), 炔 (quē, “alkyne”).


焣

/t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/


烵

Only used in 烵爍／烵烁 (“bright and varied colors of grass and trees”).


焍

(historical) the burning of chaste tree or wattle branches and turtles in ancient times for the purpose of divination


濠

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


焓

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 含 (hán, “to contain inside”).


焀

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡloːɡ) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 谷 (OC *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ)


煈

to burn; to set on fire; to set fire; to incinerate


煍

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰiːu̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰiːu̯³⁵/


煓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰoːn) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 耑 (OC *toːn).


煚

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/


煁

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


焙

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯːs) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 咅 (OC *pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs)

Han compound

to bake; to torrefy; to heat over a slow fire


熘

(cooking) to add starch and quickly fry under high heat


熞

to dip hot iron in water; to quench (in blacksmithing); to temper; to anneal


煼

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/


熳

Only used in 爛熳／烂熳 (“brilliant; bright-colored”).


煑

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjaʔ) : phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ) + semantic 火 (“fire”) – to cook over a fire.

Han compound

Original form of 煮 (zhǔ, “to boil; to cook”).


煌

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷaːŋ) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 皇 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).
Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Burmese လွင် (lwang, “vivid”) (Schuessler, 2007).
皇 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ, “royal”) may be the same word (ibid.).
It may be related to 光 (OC *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs, “light; bright”) (Wang, 1982; Schuessler, 2007). Wang (1982) additionally relates it to 景 (OC *kraŋʔ, “bright; sunlight”), 鏡 (OC *kraŋs, “mirror”), 晃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋʔ, “bright”), 曠 (OC *kʰʷaːŋs, “bright”).


熵

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 商 (shāng, “quotient”)
Coined by Chinese physical scientist Hu Gangfu in 1923 to translate the concept of entropy in thermodynamics, where 商 (shāng, “quotient”) represents the quotient of heat and temperature, and 火 (huǒ, “fire”) represents its relation to thermodynamics.

coinage

(physics, information theory, etc.) entropy


燶

燶到黑嗮／㶶到黑嗮 [Cantonese] ― nung¹ dou³ haak¹ saai³ [Jyutping] ― burnt to a crisp (lit. "burnt to the point that it is now all black")

炒燶股／炒㶶股 [Cantonese] ― caau² nung¹ gu² [Jyutping] ― (figurative) to fail in investment of stocks


焚

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 火 (“fire”) + 林 (“trees”).

Han compound

凡殺其親者，焚之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
凡杀其亲者，焚之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3ʳᵈ century BCE

Whoever kills his parents, have him burnt [to death].


燌

^† Alternative form of 焚 (fén, “to burn”)


焰

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loms) : phonetic 臽 (OC *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms) + semantic 火 (“fire”)


熲

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷeːŋʔ) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 頃 (OC *kʰʷeŋ, *kʰʷeŋʔ)
Nominal of 熒 (OC *ɡʷeːŋ) with prefix k-. See there for further etymology.


燅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljom, *ljɯm) : semantic 坴 + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam, “hot”)

Han compound

𤍙
𤎢
𦠹
𭣆
𰋔
𰟥
𱫎


爀

Alternative form of 赫 (hè, “flaming red; bright red”)


燖

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/


爒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rewʔ, *reːwʔ) : semantic 炙 (“burn”) + phonetic 尞 ().

Han compound

Alternative form of 燎 (liǎo, “to roast”)


爣

(Only used in 爣閬／𬊵阆.) bright and spacious


爇

(literary) to ignite; to set on fire; to light; to kindle


熔

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

Han compound

to melt by heat; to turn solid into liquid by heat


牄

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/


燁

(literary, of a flame) bright; magnificent; glorious


牷

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


犉

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/


犞

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/


爐

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raː) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 盧 (OC *b·raː). Originally written 盧, see there for more.


犰

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


犎

Eberhard (1968) thought this and similar words like 封 (OC *poŋ, *poŋs, “mound, tumulus”) were all related and fundamentally meant "hump".
Or from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brawŋ (“wild yak, buffalo”) (STEDT, Boodberg 1937, Schuessler, 2007), cognate with Tibetan འབྲོང ('brong, “wild yak”), Burmese ပြောင် (praung, “gaur”).

inh

犎，㸼：牛名；領上肉㩧（暴）胅起如橐駝。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
犎，㸼：牛名；领上肉㩧（暴）胅起如橐驼。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Fēng, fēng: niú míng; lǐngshàng ròu (bó) dié qǐ rú tuótuó. [Pinyin]
犎, 㸼 (fēng "zebu"): name of a kind of bovines. On their necks rise fleshy humps, bulging and swelling like camels'.

From: 1037, 丁度 Ding Du (chief editor), 《集韻》 Jiyun "Collected Rimes"


犟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 強 (OC *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ) + semantic 牛 (“cattle”).


犩

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋul, *ŋuls) : phonetic 魏 (OC *ŋɡuls) + semantic 牛 (“bull”).
According to Schuessler (2007), 犩 (Later Han Chinese ŋuɨ) is the same etymon as 夔 (OC *grui ~ *gwrə) and was borrowed into Later Han Chinese from a Tibeto-Burman language, though ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwa:j (“buffalo”).

Han compound

ancient wild cattle of southwest China, also known as 犪牛.


犪

(obsolete) a large kind of wild cattle from Min Mountains in western China


犼

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 犭 (“canine”) + phonetic 孔 (OC *kʰloːŋʔ)


犒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰaːws) : semantic 牛 (“cow”) + phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw).

Han compound

to reward troops with food and drink; to feast


牾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 牛 (“cow”) + phonetic 吾 (OC *ŋraː, *ŋaː)


犛

Earliest extant attestation is in Discourses of the States:
*
不然，巴浦之犀、犛、兕、象，其可盡乎，其又以規為瑱也？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]不然，巴浦之犀、牦、兕、象，其可尽乎，其又以规为瑱也？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Guoyu, circa 4ᵗʰ century BCE
Bùrán, Bā Pǔ zhī xī, máo/lí, sì, xiàng, qí kě jìn hū, qí yòu yǐ guī wéi tiàn yě? [Pinyin]
‘Otherwise, it is because rhinoceros, yaks, wild bovids and elephants in Ba and Pu have become extinct, and for this reason you use my recommendations as earplugs (which are made from the bones of these exotic animals)?’
According to Schuessler (2007), 犛 (OC *rə) > lí is either related to or borrowed from Tibetan འབྲི ('bri, “female yak”).
Jacques, d'Alpoim Guedes and Zhang (2021) propose 犛 (OC *mrˁu) > máo could reflect a borrowing from Rgyalrongic language after loss of final *-ŋ, thus making it cognate to Rgyalrongic terms for "male yak" like Tshobdun qɐⁿbrúʔ, Zbu qɐⁿbrúʔ, Situ kəmbrû, Japhug qambrɯ, and Khroskyabs [script needed] (ʁbrô); as well as Tibetan འབྲོང ('brong, “wild yak”) and Burmese ပြောင် (praung, “gaur”), etc. all from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brawŋ (“wild yak, buffalo”) (STEDT).

zh-x

不然，^巴 ^浦 之 犀、犛{máo/lí}、兕、象，其 可 盡 乎，其 又 以 規 為{wéi} 瑱 也？

zh-ref

獸則𤛑旄貘犛，沈牛麈麋，赤首圜題，窮奇象犀。 [MSC, trad.]
兽则𤛑旄貘牦，沈牛麈麋，赤首圜题，穷奇象犀。 [MSC, simp.]

From: 司馬相如 (Sima Xiangru) 《上林賦》 "Rhapsody on the Imperial Park", in 《史記》 Records of the Grand Historian. Translated based on Knechtges's (2008) version

Its animals are: The zebus, hairy yaks, pandas, grunting yaks, plunging bulls, elaphures; red-headed, round-hoofed; extreme extraordinaire, elephants, and rhinoceroses.

Shòu zé yóng máo mò máo/lí, shěnniú zhǔmí, chìshǒu yuántí, qióngqí xiàng xī. [Pinyin]


狍

Capreolus pygargus
Wikispecies:Capreolus pygargus

roe deer (especially Capreolus pygargus)


狿

an animal like a raccoon dog but with a longer body


狒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *buds) : semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 弗 (OC *pɯd).


狾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔljeds) : semantic 犭 (“dog; canine; beast”) + phonetic 折 (OC *l'eːl, *ʔljed, *ɦljed).

Han compound

Alternative form of 瘈 (jì, zhì, “mad; rabid”)


犵

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 乞 (OC *kʰɯds, *kʰɯd)


猣

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsoːŋ, *ʔsoːŋʔ) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 㚇 ().


狺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 言 (OC *ŋan).
May have originally been written 㹞, in which case it is a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns).


猒

In bronze inscriptions, ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : a dog 犬 eating 口 (“mouth”) meat ⺼ – "satisfied".
In the modern form, 口 has corrupted into 甘 and later 日.


猝

猝死


猊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋeː) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje)


猵

Peiros & Starostin (1996) (apud Schuessler, 2007) compares this to Burmese ဖျံ (hpyam, “otter”). STEDT provisionally reconstructs Proto-Tibeto-Burman *phyam (“otter”) & compares Chinese & Burmese words to Chak [Term?] (phaing) and Marma [script needed] (phaing).

夫畜池魚者必去猵獺，養禽獸者必去豺狼，又況治人乎！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
夫畜池鱼者必去猵獭，养禽兽者必去豺狼，又况治人乎！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

One who raises fish in ponds needs to fend off otters; one who rears fowls and livestock needs to fend off dholes and wolves; let alone more to govern people!

Fū xù chíyú zhě bì qù biāntǎ, yǎng qínshòu zhě bì qù cháiláng, yòu kuàng zhì rén hū! [Pinyin]


猖

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjaŋ) : semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 昌 (OC *tʰjaŋ).


猞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 舍.


獍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraŋs) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 竟 (OC *kraŋs).
A late word; its earliest extant attestation is in the late 5th-century treatise 《述異記》 Tales of Strange Matters by 任昉 Ren Fang (460-508).
Related to 破鏡 (OC *pʰaːls kraŋs, “a beast that eats its own father”) mentioned in the Book of Han.

och-l

a mythical tiger-like animal that eats its own mother shortly after birth


玓

Only used in 玓瓅／玓𬍛 (dìlì, “luster of pearl”).


獩

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʷads) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 歲 (OC *sqʰʷads, *sqʰʷad).


玎

jingling, tinkling (the sound of two pieces of jade gently clicking against each other)


玗

Fine stone resembling jade ('Shuowen Jiezi')


玡

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 王 (“jade”) + phonetic 牙 (OC *ŋraː).


玈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raː) : semantic 玄 (“deep, mysterious”) + abbreviated phonetic 旅 (OC *ɡ·raʔ).


狡

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

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。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
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。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

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


珔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 𤣩 + phonetic 存 (OC *zluːn).


玧

(historical) two tiers of gems suspending from the headwears worn by ancient Chinese aristocrats


獑

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zeːm, *zaːm) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 斬 (OC *ʔsreːmʔ).

Han compound

當其時也，山獸驚躍，水禽亂飛，魚獺沉潭以不動，獑猱拱樹以相依。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
当其时也，山兽惊跃，水禽乱飞，鱼獭沉潭以不动，𰡔猱拱树以相依。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 7th–8th century, 趙冬曦 (Zhao Dongxi), 《三門賦》

Just at that time, the beasts in the mountains leapt in fear, and the fowl in the waters flew in confusion; the fish and the otters drowned and did not move, and the macaques and gibbons swung around the trees and relied on each other.

Dāng qí shí yě, shānshòu jīngyuè, shuǐqín luàn fēi, yú tǎ chéntán yǐ bù dòng, chán náo gǒng shù yǐ xiāngyī. [Pinyin]

瘦去形如鶴，憂來態似獑。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
瘦去形如鹤，忧来态似𰡔。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 9th century, 皮日休 (Pi Rixiu), 《江南書情二十韻寄祕閣韋校書貽之商洛宋先輩垂文二同年》

Meagre as a crane; anxious as a macaque.

Shòu qù xíng rú hè, yōu lái tài sì chán. [Pinyin]

a kind of macaque, probably the rhesus macaque


狙

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰa, *sʰas) : semantic 犭 + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Han compound

宋有狙公者，愛狙，養之成群，能解狙之意。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
宋有狙公者，爱狙，养之成群，能解狙之意。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

In Song there is an ape-keeper; he loves apes, raises them in troops, and can understand the apes' intents

Sòng yǒu jūgōng zhě, ài jū, yǎng zhī chéngqún, néng jiě jū zhī yì. [Pinyin]


玪

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/


玌

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


玠

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːds) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 介 (OC *kreːds).

Han compound

large jade tablet used by officials at court to indicate their ranks


獰

猙獰／狰狞


珈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːl) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 加 (OC *kraːl).

Han compound

an ornament attached to a woman's hairpin


珀

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰraːɡ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 白 (OC *braːɡ).


珕

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːbs, *rebs) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 劦 (OC *ɦleːb).


玨

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 玉 (“jade”) + 玉 (“jade”). Duplication of 玉.

(archaic) two pieces of jade joined together


珂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰaːl) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ).


珽

(archaic) jade tablet held by officials at court, used to take notes, or for ceremonial purposes (similar to 笏).


琀

(historical) gems and pearls put into the mouth of a corpse


珺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 君 (OC *klun).


瑐

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/


珦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hljaŋs, *hlaŋs) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 向 (OC *hljaŋs, *hlaŋs).


珫

(Only used in 珫耳.) jade ornaments suspended from both sides of the royal cap and hung over the ears


犅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *klaːŋ) : semantic 牛 (“ox”) + phonetic 岡 (OC *klaːŋ).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gaŋ (“penis, male”) (STEDT).
Schuessler, (2007) minimally reconstructs OC *kâŋ from earlier *klaŋ and proposed OC word's cognacy to Mru klaŋ, Mizo tlaŋ (“male”), Karbi chè lóŋ (“buffalo”), and Tibetan གླང (glang, “ox”), the latter four from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *laŋ with animal prefix *s- or *k-; if so, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/m-laŋ (“penis, male, husband”) (STEDT).
Gong (1995) instead relates Tibetan གླང (glang, “ox”) to Old Chinese 象 (OC *ljaŋʔ) "elephant".
Zev Handel also notes 犅 (OC *klaːŋ)'s parallel etymology with its homophone 岡 (OC *klaːŋ) "ridge" (Mand. gāng) in the same phonetic series.


瑔

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


珌

(literary) ornament at the bottom of a sheath


瑏

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 穿 (OC *kʰljon, *kʰljons).


琭

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-lu(ŋ/k) (“stone”); possibly related to 玉 (OC *ŋoɡ) (STEDT).


琫

(literary) decoration on a knife carried on a girdle


琤

the sound produced by jade objects clashing


琳

《禹貢》曰：「璆琳琅玕」者，此則土地所生真玉珠也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
《禹贡》曰：「璆琳琅玕」者，此则土地所生真玉珠也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE

“Yǔgòng” yuē: “Qiúlín lánggān” zhě, cǐ zé tǔdì suǒ shēng zhēn yùzhū yě. [Pinyin]Among the "Tribute of Yǔ" are mentioned jade and white corals. These were the produce of earth and genuine precious stones and pearls.


琊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 邪


琇

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


琪

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡɯ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ).

a beautiful jade; also connotes flourishing flowers and plants; a metaphor for precious things


琗

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


瑊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *krɯːm, *kjum) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 咸 (OC *ɡrɯːm).


珬

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *smid) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 戌 (OC *smid).


瑄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰʷan) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 宣 (OC *sqʰon).

Han compound

有司奉瑄玉嘉牲薦饗。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
有司奉瑄玉嘉牲荐飨。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE

Yǒusī fèng xuānyù jiā shēng jiàn xiǎng. [Pinyin]


琲

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *buːlʔ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl).


珓

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːws) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw).

Han compound

(divination) moon blocks (divination device)


璈

musical instrument
musical instrument#English


瑢

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


琥

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰlaːʔ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 虎 (OC *qʰlaːʔ).


珩

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

Han compound

若夫白珩，先王之玩也，何寶焉？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
若夫白珩，先王之玩也，何宝焉？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

As for the "White Heng", it is nothing but one of the late king's trifles. Is there anything about it that we should treasure?

Ruòfú bái héng, xiānwáng zhī wán yě, hé bǎo yān? [Pinyin]

(historical) top, horizontal component of a jade pendant


瑳

/t͡sʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰlaːl, *sʰlaːlʔ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 差 (OC *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral).


琛

(literary) treasure; gem; precious stone


璊

大車啍啍、毳衣如璊。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
大车啍啍、毳衣如𫞩。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

His great carriage moves heavily and slowly, And his robes of rank glitter like a carnation-gem.


琯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koːnʔ, *kuːns) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 官 (OC *koːn).

Han compound

an ancient wind instrument in the form of a tube made of jade and consisting of six holes


玳

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'ɯːɡs) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 代 (OC *l'ɯːɡs).

Han compound

Only used in 玳瑁 (dàimào); also used as its short form.


玲

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


璀

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/


璦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qɯːds) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 愛 (OC *qɯːds).


獺

獺入于淵 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
獭入于渊 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Yang Xiong, The Canon of Supreme Mystery, 2 BCE


璟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qraŋʔ, *kʷraŋʔ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 景 (OC *kraŋʔ).


璻

/t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/


璙

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


璱

the fresh and clean complexion of a newly cut jade


璪

(historical) colorful silk threads strung with jade and hung from a crown as an ornament resembling pondweed


瓄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'oːɡ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 𧶠.


璁

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰloːŋ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 悤 ()


琉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ru) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 㐬 ().


璚

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/


瓅

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


璺

crack (especially in ceramics, glass, etc.)


瓗

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/


瓻

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰɯl) : abbreviated phonetic 稀 (OC *hlɯl) + semantic 瓦 (“earthenware”)


甀

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Sino-Tibetan? Compare Tibetan ཡོལ་གོ (yol go) and ཡོལ་མ (yol ma) "earthenware, crockery" (Schuessler, 2007)


璿

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɢʷen) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 睿 (OC *ɢʷeds)

Han compound

Alternative form of 璇 (xuán, “fine jade”)


瓛

See also: 桓圭


瓺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *daŋ, *daŋs) : phonetic 镸 (OC *taŋʔ, *daŋ, *daŋs) + semantic 瓦 (“earthenware”)


甙

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : abbreviated 代 (“substitute”) + 甘 (“sweet”).


瓩

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/

Borrowed from Japanese. Ultimately an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 瓦 (“watt”) + 千 (“one thousand”).

(dated) Symbol for 千瓦 (qiānwǎ, “kilowatt”).


甓

(Hokkien) a type of tile or brick used for covering the roof


瓏

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roːŋ) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ, “dragon”)

Han compound

a kind of jade that is for requesting rain and has the figure of a Chinese dragon on it


甹

Uncertain. Original meaning unclear. Used early on to mean “chivalrous person”.


瓢

Cognate with 匏 (OC *bruː, “gourd”), as well as Proto-Lolo-Burmese *pu (“pumpkin, gourd”), whence Burmese ဘူး (bhu:, “gourd”) (STEDT).


甯

For pronunciation and definitions of 甯 – see 寧 (“peaceful; tranquil; serene; at peace; to stabilise; to pacify; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 寧).


畷

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


甶

Pictogram (象形) – face/head of a ghost/spirit/demon. [According to the Shuowen]


璃

Sino-Xenic (璃):
* → Vietnamese: li (璃)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːl, *rel) : semantic 王 (“jade”) + phonetic 离 (OC *rel, *r̥ʰel).


獅

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (獅):
* → Japanese: 獅(し) (shi)
* → Korean: 사(獅) (sa)
* → Vietnamese: sư (獅)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sri) : semantic 犭 (“dog; beast”) + phonetic 師 (OC *sri).
Originally written as 師. Earliest written attestations in the Eastern Han era include the Book of Han [before 111], the surviving portion of the Dongguan Hanji [c. 150], and Lokakṣema's translation of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā [179]. The term is possibly of Iranian origin. In the Book of Han, the lion was described as indigenous to the historical 烏弋山離 (OC *qaː lɯɡ sreːn rel, “Alexandria”), possibly Alexandria Prophthasia (Yu, 1998), which was part of the Parthian Empire at the time. The Dongguan mentions a lion as a gift from the Shule Kingdom in the year 133, where a Saka language was spoken then. Earlier definite dates associated with the lion mentioned in the Book of the Later Han include the year 87, when a gift lion from the Yuezhi was recorded.
Compare Proto-Iranian *cárguš (“lion”). Possibly related to 狻猊 (OC *sloːn ŋeː).
Meanwhile, Adams (2013) postulates possible Tocharian connections; cf. Tocharian B ṣecake and etymologies.

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Alexandria Prophthasia
Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā
Book of Han
Book of the Later Han
Eastern Han
Lokaksema (Buddhist monk)
Parthian Empire
Saka language
Shule Kingdom
zh:東觀漢記


疧

無將大車，祇自塵兮。無思百憂，祇自疧兮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
无将大车，祇自尘兮。无思百忧，祇自疧兮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Do not push forward a wagon; — You will only raise the dust about yourself. Do not think of all your anxieties; — You will only make yourself ill.

Wú jiāng dà jū, zhǐ zì chén xī. Wú sī bǎi yōu, zhǐ zì qí xī. [Pinyin]


畹

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qonʔ, *qons) : semantic 田 (“field”) + phonetic 宛 (OC *qon, *qonʔ).

Han compound

a field of twenty or thirty mu, equivalent to 1⅓ or 2 hectares


甗

Initially a pictogram (象形) of a two-part cooking vessel. Later 虍 was added and the cooking vessel became 鬲, producing 鬳.
In the current form, an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋan, *ŋranʔ, *ŋrans) : phonetic 鬳 (OC *ŋans, “cooking vessel”) + semantic 瓦 (“earthenware”).

Han compound

See also: 甑, 鬲, 箅

(historical) earthenware cooking vessel consisting of a large steamer stacked on top of a smaller boiler and separated by a grate


疶

(Southern Min) to be unable to control intermittent defecation or urination (due to illness, shock, etc.)


瑕

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡraː) : semantic 𤣩 + phonetic 叚 (OC *kraːʔ).


疝

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sreːn, *sraːns) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 山 (OC *sreːn).


璧

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *peɡ) : phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ) + semantic 玉 – a type of jade.


痊

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


痯

(obsolete) (symbol meaning reasonably date from the 3rd century BC; look Han character)


疽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰa) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa)

Han compound

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine

(traditional Chinese medicine) ulcer; carbuncle; abscess


痍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lil) : phonetic 夷 (OC *lil) + semantic 疒 (“disease”).


痠

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sloːn) : semantic 疒 (“illness; disease”) + phonetic 夋 (OC *sʰlun).


畿

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡɯl) : semantic 田 + abbreviated phonetic 幾 (OC *kɯl, *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl, *ɡɯls).


甦

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : from 更生 (“to be reborn”).
From *s- (“causative prefix”) + a root **ŋˤa, the latter found in 寤 (OC *ŋˤa-s, “to awake”), 悟 (OC *ŋˤa-s, “to awake; to realize”) (Baxter and Sagart, 2014; Schuessler, 2007).
Alternatively, Zhang, Jacques, and Lai (2019) compare it to Japhug sŋa (“to come to oneself”), Cogtse Situ [Term?] (kə-mə-sŋâr, “to feel cold”), Brag-bar Situ [Term?] (kə-mə-sŋiɛ̂r, “to come to oneself”).

cog

(literary) to revive; to resuscitate; to regain consciousness


痿

(traditional Chinese medicine) to be lacking in sexual energies


痒

哀我小心，癙憂以痒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
哀我小心，癙忧以痒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

Alas! through my anxious cares, my hidden sorrow goes on to make me ill.

(archaic) to fall ill (through worry and anxiety)


痢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rids) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 利 (OC *rids) – a kind of illness.


痀

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ko) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo).


疋

Pictogram (象形) – a foot 止 with a leg/thigh on top.


瘐

1919 April 25, Lu Xun, 藥(Medicine):
路的左邊，都埋着死刑和瘐斃的人，右邊是窮人的叢塚。 [MSC, trad.]
路的左边，都埋着死刑和瘐毙的人，右边是穷人的丛冢。 [MSC, simp.]

The left side of the road was covered with the graves of people who were executed or died in prison, the right side had groups of makeshift graves of poor people.

Lù de zuǒbiān, dōu mái zhuó sǐxíng hé yǔbì de rén, yòubiān shì qióngrén de cóngzhǒng. [Pinyin]

to die in prison from cold, hunger, disease, torture etc.


痂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːl) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 加 (OC *kraːl).

Han compound

我的傷口結了個痂。 [MSC, trad.]
我的伤口结了个痂。 [MSC, simp.]


疫

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷeɡ) : semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + abbreviated phonetic 役 (OC *ɢʷeɡ).


畑

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 畑 (hatake).
Spelling pronunciation, as 田 (tián).


痮

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *taŋs) : semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + phonetic 長 (OC *taŋʔ, *daŋ, *daŋs)


癦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 墨.
From 墨 (mak6, “ink”).

(Cantonese) mole (pigmented spot on the skin) (Classifier: 粒 c)


瘳

(literary) to recover from illness; to be healed


瘓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tqʰʷaːnʔ) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 奐 (OC *qʰʷaːns).


癗

(dermatology) swelling, weal, or pustule on the skin


癉

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dar, cognate with Tibetan ལྡར་བ་ (ldar ba, “weary, tired, faint”) and Chepang द्याह्र्सा (dyarh-ma, “discomfit, sudden pain”)


瘴

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kjaŋs) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 章 (OC *kjaŋ)

Han compound

miasma; noxious vapours arising from a swamp


疳

(traditional Chinese medicine) infantile malnutrition due to digestive disturbances or intestinal parasites


瘙

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *suːs) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 蚤 (OC *ʔsuːʔ).


瘸

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷal) : semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + phonetic 加 (OC *kraːl) + semantic 肉 (“flesh”).

Han compound

瘸著走／瘸着走


痔

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


癹

(archaic) to remove or level out grass with one's feet


皀

Prepared food, a vessel full of food (as in 即 and 既, in which is simplified)


癯

Characters in the same phonetic series (瞿) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷa) : semantic 疒 (“illness; injury; disability”) + phonetic 瞿 (OC *kʷas, *ɡʷa)

Han compound

Alternative form of 臞 (qú, “thin; emaciated; weary”)


皭

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/


皪

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


癱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *n̥ʰaːn) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 難 (OC *n̥ʰaːn, *naːns).


癧

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːɡ) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 歷 (OC *reːɡ).


盉

(historical) bronze vessel with a lid, spout, handle, and three or four legs, used to hold and warm wine or water


盓

Only used in 盤盓／盘盓 (“water swirl; whirlpool”).


皢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hŋeːwʔ) : semantic 白 + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw)


癡

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰl'ɯ) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 疑 (OC *ŋɯ).


皾

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


盚

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


皕

Duplication of 百.
Attested earliest in Shuowen Jiezi. Sagart (2023c) reconstructs 皕 (OC prik) and proposes that it possibly arose from 二百 (OC *ni[j]-s pˤrak → *ni[j]-s prik) then 皕 (OC prik), with 二 (OC ni[j]-s)'s vowel /i/ and [-pharyngealized] feature speading to 百 (OC *pˤrak).


猿

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷan) : semantic 犭 + phonetic 袁 (OC *ɢʷan).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/g-woj-n (“monkey”).
Alternatively, the root may be Austroasiatic; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *swaaʔ (“monkey”) (Schuessler, 2007); compare also Proto-Mon-Khmer *kwaɲ ~ kwaaɲʔ.


皚

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


盄

(archaic) cooking utensil used in antiquity


癒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 愈 (OC *loʔ).


盢

(archaic) (Only used in 盢町.) ancient name of a mountain in southeast Luliang County, Yunnan Province


痧

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 疒 (“illness; disease”) + phonetic 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls).

(traditional Chinese medicine or dialectal) acute illness, such as heatstroke, cholera, and measles


癤

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsiːɡ) : semantic 疒 (“disease”) + phonetic 節 (OC *ʔsiːɡ).


癇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡreːn) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 閒 (OC *ɡreːn).


盽

For pronunciation and definitions of 盽 – see 䀱 (“examine, observe, to survey, to study”).
(This character is a variant form of 䀱).


盠

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːlʔ, *reːl) : phonetic 彖 (OC *l̥ʰjelʔ, *hljelʔ, *l̥ʰoːns) + semantic 皿 (“vessel”).


癬

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *senʔ) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 鮮 (OC *sen, *senʔ, *sens).

Han compound

(dermatology, pathology) ringworm; tinea


眝

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *daʔ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 宁 (OC *da, *daʔ)

Han compound

(literary) to gaze afar; to look off into the distance


痰

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'aːm) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam).

Han compound

phlegm; sputum (Classifier: 口 m; 篤／笃 c; 啖 c)


眧

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/


癰

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoŋ) : semantic 疒 (“disease”) + phonetic 雝 (OC *qoŋ).


盨

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sraʔ) : phonetic 須 (OC *so) + semantic 皿 (“vessel”).

Han compound

xu (a kind of bronze food vessel used during the Western Zhou dynasty)


璽

From 壐／𱖚. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *smlelʔ) : phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ) + semantic 玉 (“jade”).


爸

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *praːs, *baʔ) : semantic 父 (“father”) + phonetic 巴 (OC *praː).
Colloquial form of 父 (OC *baʔ, “father”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p/ba (“male; father”).

inh

我爸是李剛！／我爸是李刚！


盯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rteŋʔ, *rdeŋ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 丁 (OC *rteːŋ, *teːŋ).

Han compound

to gaze upon; to keep eyes on; to stare at


眥

(anatomy, ophthalmology) canthus; corner of the eye


睮

Only used in 睮睖 (jû-ling, “to look askance”)


睔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·ruːnʔ, *kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).


睶

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴/


睎

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hlɯl) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl)


瞣

to abandon or discard property improperly


瞈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 翁 (OC *qloːŋ).


疣

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷɯ) : semantic 疒 (“disease”) + phonetic 尤 (OC *ɢʷɯ).


瞟

/pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/


矱

(archaic) Alternative form of 彠／彟 (“measure; standard; criterion; law”)


矍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : phonetic and semantic 瞿 (OC *kʷas, *ɡʷa, “started; vigilant”) + 又 (a hand catching a bird 隹).


睬

/t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰɯːʔ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 采 (OC *sʰɯːʔ).

Han compound

儂勿講道理，阿拉勿睬儂！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
侬勿讲道理，阿拉勿睬侬！ [Shanghainese, simp.]
You are being unreasonable; I'm not talking to you anymore. [girl, cute-sounding]

唔好睬佢。 [Cantonese] ― m⁴ hou² coi² keoi⁵. [Jyutping] ― Don't pay attention to him/her.


睦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mluɡ) : semantic 目 (“eyes”) + phonetic 坴 (OC *m·ruɡ).


砅

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 石 (“stone”) + 水 (“water”).

(literary) to cross over a stream using stepping stones


瞍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɯːw, *suːʔ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 叟 (OC *suːʔ)。


瞵

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rin, *rins) : semantic 目 (“eyes”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins)


矰

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

Han compound

an ancient type of arrow used for shooting birds which was tied to a silk rope


瞥

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰed, *pʰeːd) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed) + semantic 目 (“eye”).


砯

飛湍瀑流爭喧豗，砯崖轉石萬壑雷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
飞湍瀑流争喧豗，砯崖转石万壑雷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: about 742, Li Bai, “Hard is the Road to Shu”

Every torrent and waterfall vies to be louder as they splashes on the rocks under. / Mingling with the sound of rolling stones, the roars echo valley from valley like thunder.

Fēituān pùliú zhēng xuānhuī, Pīng yá zhuànshí wàn hè léi. [Pinyin]

(onomatopoeia) the sound of water splashing on stones


瞠

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rtʰaːŋ) : semantic 目 + phonetic 堂 (OC *daːŋ).
Also occurs in Thai ถลึง (tlʉ̌ng, “to stare fiercely”) (Schuessler, 2007).


矗

/t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/


硇

䃩
𥗰
𥗸
𠬦
𣲿
𣳦
𥑩
𥑨
𥐼
𥐻
碙
𥓁
𥑚
𥑪

Only used in 硇砂 (náoshā, “sal ammoniac”) and 硇洲 (Náozhōu, “Naozhou”).


硾

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


硒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 西 (OC *sɯːl).


砰

(onomatopoeia) sound of something striking against something or bursting; bang; thump


睫

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔseb) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 疌 (OC *zeb)


矽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 夕 (xī).
From English silicon. Coined by Chinese scientist Xu Shou in 1871. The term is dated in Mainland China as it is homophonous to 硒 (xī) "selenium" and 錫／锡 (xī) "tin".

coinage

(chemistry, chiefly Taiwan and Hong Kong, dated in Mainland China) silicon


砷

Earlier 鉮／𬬹 in 化學鑑原, a translated version of Wells's Principles and Applications of Chemistry. Probably a loan from English arsenic.


砼

Coined by Chinese architect Cai Fangyin in 1953.
The glyph is a compound of 人工石 (“man-made stone”). Pronunciation is from 仝 (tóng), treated as the phonetic component of the glyph. Serendipitously, the pronunciation also resembles the word for “concrete” in some European languages; cf. French béton, German Beton, Russian бето́н (betón).


硴

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


碏

/t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰaɡ) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 昔 (OC *sjaːɡ)

Han compound

大義滅石碏親／大义灭石碏亲

In the name of justice, Shi Que executed his son.


矛

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


磢

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/


碘

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 石 + phonetic 典 (diǎn).
Borrowed from English iodine.


碲

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 帝.
From New Latin tellurium.


礈

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


磪

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/


磈

/kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/

/kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/


磒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢunʔ) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 員 (OC *ɢon, *ɢun).


硫

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ru) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + abbreviated phonetic 流 (OC *ru).
Derivative: 鋶／锍 (liǔ, “sulfonium”).


磠

Used in 磠砂／硵砂 (lǔshā), a synonym of 硇砂 (náoshā)


矬

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zoːl) : semantic 矢 (“arrow”) + phonetic 坐 (OC *zoːlʔ, *zoːls).


礉

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/


礛

Used in 礛䃴／𰧔𰧘 and 礛諸／𰧔诸.


磏

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjam (“sharp, pointed”) (Schuessler, 2007).


睞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯːs) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ).

Han compound

(literary or Hakka) to glance at; to look sideways at; to squint at


礜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *las) : phonetic 與 (OC *la, *laʔ, *las) + semantic 石 (“stone; rock”)


礵

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 霜 (OC *sraŋ).


祡

/t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/

/t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/


礓

(literary or dialectal) small stone; pebble


祽

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


禐

(corrupted form of 褑) jade belt worn on the lapel of a jacket


礬

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ban) : phonetic 樊 (OC *ban) + semantic 石 (“stone”).


禃

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 礻 + phonetic 直 (OC *dɯɡ).


祆

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰliːn) : semantic 礻 + phonetic 天 (OC *qʰl'iːn, “heaven”).
Cognate with 天 (OC *qʰl'iːn).

Han compound

祆：胡神也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century CE


瞅

/ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/

Considered a 後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì). Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 秋 (qiū).

zh-l

後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì)


禘

(historical) imperial ancestral worship in ancient China


禓

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

Han compound

to drive out demons etc., as was done at the new-year


碑

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pre) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe).

Han compound

墓碑

界碑

紀念碑／纪念碑


祜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaːʔ) : semantic 礻 (“divine”) + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ).


祉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰlɯʔ) : semantic 示 (“sign”) + phonetic 止 (OC *kjɯʔ).

Han compound

happiness; blessings; good luck; felicity


祼

Characters in the same phonetic series (果) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡluːlʔ) : semantic 示 (“altar; sacrifice; deity”) + phonetic 果 (OC *kloːlʔ). In early writing, the form was more readily seen as ideogrammic (會意／会意) , showing components resembling 酉 (“libation container”) or 畐 (“libation container”) variously combined with radicals depicting the hand.

Han compound

(historical, religion) to pour libation; to libate


禜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷreŋ, *ɢʷreŋs) : abbreviated phonetic 榮 (OC *ɢʷreŋ) + semantic 示.

Han compound

ancient sacrificial offering in which one prays to the gods to eliminate disasters


禡

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mraːs) : semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ).

Han compound

a sacrifice at the beginning of a military campaign (or on the 2nd and 16th days of the lunar month)


祂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 示 + phonetic 也 (OC *laːlʔ).

(deity; gender-neutral) he; him; she; her; they; them


禷

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ruds) : semantic 示 + phonetic 類 (OC *ruːls, *ruds).

Han compound

(archaic) Sacrifice to Heaven due to special accidents.


秈

Possibly from Proto-Tai *saːlᴬ (“husked rice”) (Sagart, 2011).

indica rice (Oryza sativa subsp. indica)


秲

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


癌

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 嵒 (OC *ŋrɯːm, *ŋjab); 嵒／岩 (yán) is a variant of 岩 (yán).
From 岩 (yán, “cliff; rock, stone”), since some cancers present as lumps or outgrowths on the body.
In Mandarin, this character used to be pronounced identically as 岩 (yán). Its pronunciation was changed to ái in December 1962 to avoid the homophony between 癌 (yán, “cancer”) and 炎 (yán, “inflammation”) (compare 肺炎 (fèiyán, “pneumonia”) and 肺癌 (fèi'ái, “lung cancer”)). The new pronunciation ái stems from dialectal pronunciations of 岩 (“rock; cliff”) /ŋai/, influenced by 崖 (yá, yái, “cliff”).

癌症

致癌

肺癌

直男癌

male chauvinism (literally, “straight men's cancer”)


秝

(obsolete) sparse; thinly spread; few and scattered; few and far between


禦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaʔ, *ŋas) : phonetic 御 (OC *ŋas) + semantic 示.

Han compound

防禦／防御

抵禦／抵御

保民而王，莫之能禦也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
保民而王，莫之能御也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

The love and protection of the people; with this there is no power which can prevent a ruler from attaining to it.

Bǎo mín ér wàng, mò zhī néng yù yě. [Pinyin]

to defend, to resist, to hold out against


礁

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 石 (“rock”) + phonetic 焦 (OC *ʔsew).


稛

Alternative form of 捆 (kǔn, “to tie up; to bundle up”)


秬

Cenchrus americanus
Cenchrus americanus#Translingual

Pennisetum glaucum
Pennisetum glaucum#Translingual

black millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum; pearl millet)


稑

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ruɡ) : semantic 禾 (“cereal”) + phonetic 坴 (OC *m·ruɡ)


禧

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯʔ) : semantic 示 + phonetic 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ).

Han compound

favourable luck; good fortune; auspiciousness; blessings


种

种輯／种辑 ― Chóng Jí ― Chong Ji (politician in the Han Dynasty)


穋

grain planted before the previous crop has been harvested


瞼

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/


穚

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


稡

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


稧

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡeːds) : semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 契 (OC *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd).


穳

/t͡sʰu̯än³⁵/

/t͡sʰu̯än³⁵/


稨

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


禫

(historical) rite of taking off one's mourning garments at the end of the three-year mourning period for the death of a parent


窌

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/


穸

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljaːɡ) : semantic 穴 + phonetic 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ)

Han compound

(Hokkien) a vault or recess in a sepulchre meant to store a coffin


禱

默禱／默祷

吉日維戊，既伯既禱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
吉日维戊，既伯既祷。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

Jírì wéi wù, jì bó jì dǎo. [Pinyin]A lucky day was wù, and we sacrificed on it to the Ruler of horses, and prayed.

神啊 可否聽聽我禱 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
神啊 可否听听我祷 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
san⁴ aa³, ho² fau² teng¹ teng¹ ngo⁵ tou² [Jyutping]

1999, 西伯 (lyrics and music), “上帝聽禱告”performed by 鄧婉玲 [Mimi Tang] and 蘇如紅 [Ivy So]


窲

/t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/

/t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/


窽

/t͡sʰu̯än⁵¹/

/t͡sʰu̯än⁵¹/


祢

For pronunciation and definitions of 祢 – see 禰 (“one's deceased father; ancestral temple for one's deceased father; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 禰).
 Notes:
Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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當我們同心敬拜，祢榮耀充滿這地。 [MSC, trad.]
当我们同心敬拜，祢荣耀充满这地。 [MSC, simp.]

From: 天匙敬拜赞美团 (Keys Of Worship), 合一宣教 (Oneness in Mission)

As we worship You, O Lord, may Your glory fill this place!

Dāng wǒmen tóngxīn jìngbài, Nǐ róngyào chōngmǎn zhè dì. [Pinyin]

願我一生全然歸祢，獻在壇上，來為祢發亮。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
愿我一生全然归祢，献在坛上，来为祢发亮。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

May my whole life be given back to You, offered on the altar, to shine for You.

jyun⁶ ngo⁵ jat¹ sang¹ cyun⁴ jin⁴ gwai¹ nei⁵, hin³ zoi⁶ taan⁴ soeng⁶, loi⁴ wai⁶ nei⁵ faat³ loeng⁶. [Jyutping]

主祢的疼引導我的路，保護我。 [Hokkien, trad.]
主祢的疼引导我的路，保护我。 [Hokkien, simp.]

From: 讚美之泉 (Stream of Praise), 主祢的疼 (Lord, It's Your Love)

Lord, it's Your love, guides me on my way with Your light.

Chú Lí ê thiàⁿ ín-chhōa góa ê lō͘, pó-hō͘ góa. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

祢个能力大到連仇敵也降服祢。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
祢个能力大到连仇敌也降服祢。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

From: 客家聖樂團, 全世界大家愛敬拜祢

Your power is so big that the enemies surrender to You.

Ngì ke nèn-li̍t thai to lièn sù-thi̍t ya hòng-fu̍k Ngì. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]


竁

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


窱

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/


竴

/t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/


秭

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsiʔ) : semantic 禾 (“rice”) + phonetic 𠂔.

Han compound

a numeral that refers to various numbers, including 10⁹, 10¹² and 10²⁴


竏

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Contraction of 立 (lì, “liter”) and 千 (qiān, “thousand”).


竱

/ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *toːn, *tjonʔ) : semantic 立 + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon)


笻

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/


筇

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/


笆

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *praː, *braːʔ) : semantic 𥫗 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 巴 (OC *praː).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/g/s-pʷa (“bamboo”) (STEDT). Cognate with Mizo rua (“bamboo”), Tibetan སྤ (spa, “cane; bamboo”), Burmese ဝါး (wa:, “bamboo”).


筕

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


箅

See also: 甗

grate; grid; grating (used for steaming food and traditionally made of bamboo)


筦

For pronunciation and definitions of 筦 – see 管 (“a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 管).


筈

alt. forms: 栝


竽

(historical) the yu, a wind instrument used in ancient China


筐

吹笙鼓簧，承筐是將。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
吹笙鼓簧，承筐是将。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

The organ is blown till its tongues are all moving. The baskets of offerings [also] are presented to them.

Chuī shēng gǔ huáng, chéng kuāng shì jiāng. [Pinyin]


箯

See the compounds; also used as their short forms.


笫

Characters in the same phonetic series (秭) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsriʔ, *ʔsrɯʔ) : semantic 𥫗 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 𠂔 ().

Han compound

(literary) mat made of thin bamboo strips


筰

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to box someone's ears; to slap someone on the face


箙

Originally a pictogram (象形) – one or two arrows in a quiver.
In the bronze inscriptions, the arrowhead merged with the quiver into 用, giving rise to the form now written 𤰈 and inherited in the character 備.
The modern form 箙 is a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯɡ) : semantic 𥫗 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 服 (OC *bɯɡ).


筌

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


筧

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *keːnʔ) : semantic 𥫗 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 見 (OC *keːns, *ɡeːns).


稈

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)


篚

賔坐奠爵於篚，興對。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
賔坐奠爵于篚，兴对。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Etiquette and Ceremonial, circa 475 – 221 BCE

The guest, seated, places down the (tripod) goblet in the basket, arises, and responds.

Bīn zuò diàn jué yú fěi, xīng duì. [Pinyin]


篟

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/


箝

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡram) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 拑 (OC *ɡram)


笡

(dialectal) slanted; sloping; inclined; askew; awry


篞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *niːɡ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 涅 (OC *niːɡ).

Han compound

(music) ancient medium-sized wind instrument


篻

/pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/


篪

(historical) bamboo transverse close-ended flute used in Chinese court music


禊

(historical) purification ceremony held in spring and autumn


簋

㔲
㔳
𣌽
𣪕
𥁬
𭾁
𦹧
𣪘
朹
匭

(historical) gui (a type of bronze ritual vessel used to hold grains for sacrifices, with a round mouth, two or four handles, a base or feet, and sometimes a cover)


簥

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


簢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mrɯnʔ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 閔 (OC *mrɯnʔ).

Han compound

a kind of bamboo that can be used for making mats


篿

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doːn, *tjon) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon)


笹

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 笹 (sasa).
Spelling pronunciation, as 世 (shì).


簨

See also: 虡, 業

(historical) horizontal beam of the frame on which bells, drums, and other instruments hang


簝

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


簏

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roːɡ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 鹿 (OC *b·roːɡ)


簣

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰruːds, *ɡruds) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds).


簃

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'al, *lal) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 移 (OC *lal)

Han compound

(literary) small building beside a larger building; hut next to a pavilion (often used in the name given to a study (room))


籝

Alternative form of 籯／𰪣 (yíng, “bamboo container”)


籜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰaːɡ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 擇 (OC *rlaːɡ).


籦

^‡ Only used in 籦籠／籦笼. (type of bamboo used to make flute)


簞

民以為將拯己於水火之中也，簞食壺漿，以迎王師。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
民以为将拯己于水火之中也，箪食壶浆，以迎王师。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Mencius (book) (孟子) (tr. James Legge)

The people supposed that you were going to deliver them out of the water and the fire, and brought baskets of rice and vessels of congee, to meet your Majesty's host.

Mín yǐwèi jiāng zhěng jǐ yú shuǐhuǒ zhī zhōng yě, dān sì hú jiāng, yǐ yíng wángshī. [Pinyin]

a bamboo utensil for holding cooked rice; a basket


籫

/t͡su̯än²¹⁴/

/t͡su̯än²¹⁴/


籗

(obsolete or Southern Min) basket for catching fish


粄

one of several types of Hakka sticky rice cakes or dumplings made from glutinous rice


籈

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


籊

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


籩

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mpeːn) : semantic 𥫗 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 邊 (OC *mpeːn).

Han compound

(historical) bamboo container for dried fruits and meat, used in ancient ritual sacrifices or banquets


粴

(obsolete) Short for 公里 (gōnglǐ, “kilometre”).


簠

(historical) rectangular bronze ritual vessel used to hold grains for sacrifices, with a two handles, four feet, and a cover in the same shape as the vessel


粔

cakes made from rice flour twisted into rings; ring-shaped cake


籲

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *los) : phonetic 籥 (OC *lowɢ) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Han compound

唔少「黃絲」都籲同路唔好盲撐。 [Cantonese, trad.]
唔少「黄丝」都吁同路唔好盲撑。 [Cantonese, simp.]
m⁴ siu² “wong⁴ si¹” dou¹ jyu⁶ tung⁴ lou⁶ m⁴ hou² maang⁴ caang³. [Jyutping]

2020 May 2, 甘瑜, “「龍門」又嗌告急「黃絲」籲咪盲撐”, in 《文匯報》 [Wen Wei Po], page A9

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


籽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔslɯʔ) : semantic 米 (“rice; grain”) + phonetic 子 (OC *ʔslɯʔ).


籮

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːl) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 羅 (OC *raːl).
Compare Mizo hrai (“basket for measuring rice”) (Schuessler, 2007).


糬

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 署 (OC *djas).


篝

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koː) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).

Han compound

bamboo basket; bamboo frame; bamboo cage


紌

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/


笙

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (笙):
* → Japanese: 笙(しょう) (shō); 笙(そう) (sō)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sreŋ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mriŋ (“sound; noise; animal cry”); cognate with 鳴 (OC *mreŋ, “to make a sound”), 鈴 (OC *reːŋ, “bell”), Burmese မြည် (mrany, “to make a sound”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

inh

(music) sheng (a Chinese mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes)


糫

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


紤

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/


絊

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


簾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·rem) : semantic 竹 + phonetic 廉 (OC *ɡ·rem).


絔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 百 (OC *praːɡ).


絟

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/


糰

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 團 (OC *doːn, “ball”).
From 團 (OC *doːn, “ball; lump”).


紜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢun) : semantic 糸 (“silk; thread”) + phonetic 云 (OC *ɢun)


窗

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (窗):
* → Korean: 창(窓) (chang)
* → Vietnamese: song (窗)

→ Zhuang: cueng

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰɔŋ³³⁻³³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯æn³³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰɔŋ³³⁻³³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯æn³³/

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 穴 (“hole”) + 囱 (“window”).
From circumstantial noun prefix *s- + 通 (OC l̥ˤoŋ, “to penetrate”), literally "where light penetrates" (Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Han compound

窻
䆫
窓
牕
*囪
囱
牎
𤗄
𪺠
𤗉
𮈾
𡆧

窗簾／窗帘

打開個窗／打开个窗 [Cantonese] ― daa² hoi¹ go³ coeng¹ [Jyutping] ― to open the window


綀

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sŋra) : semantic 糹 + abbreviated phonetic 疎 (OC *sŋra).


絅

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/


粿

→ English: kuih, kueh

→ Malay: kuih

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kloːlʔ) : semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 果 (OC *kloːlʔ)
Probably the same word as 果 (OC *kloːlʔ, “fruit”) (Jerry Norman apud Schuessler, 2007).

Han compound

rice cake, typically steamed and made from glutinous rice; kuih


絰

hemp belt on mourning dress in ancient China


絛

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰɯːw) : phonetic 攸 (OC *lɯw) + semantic 糸.


綗

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/


綌

為絺為綌，服之無斁。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
为𫄨为绤，服之无𭣧。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on Bernhard Karlgren's version

I make fine cloth and coarse cloth;I shall wear them without growing weary of them.

當暑，袗絺綌，必表而出之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
当暑，袗𫄨绤，必表而出之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

In warm weather, he had a single garment either of coarse or fine texture, but he wore it displayed over an inner garment.

Dāng shǔ, zhěn chī xì, bì biǎo ér chū zhī. [Pinyin]


綆

短綆不可以汲深井之泉，知不幾者不可與及聖人之言。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
短绠不可以汲深井之泉，知不几者不可与及圣人之言。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Duǎn gěng bù kěyǐ jí shēnjǐng zhī quán, zhī bùjī zhě bùkě yǔ jí shèngrén zhī yán. [Pinyin]

(literary) rope for drawing water (from a well)


絳

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kruːŋs) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 夅 (OC *ɡruːŋ)


綷

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


紊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯns) : phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn) + semantic 糸 (“silk”)

Han compound

disorderly; chaotic; dysfunctional; confused


絿

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

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


緧

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/


緌

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njul) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 委 (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ).

Han compound

葛屨五兩，冠緌雙止。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
葛屦五两，冠𮉫双止。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

Gě jù wǔ liǎng, guān ruí shuāng zhǐ. [Pinyin]


粙

Probably a variant of 稻 (OC *l'uːʔ) (Schuessler, 2007, apud Norman, p.c.).


絹

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (絹):
* → Korean: 견(絹) (gyeon)
* → Vietnamese: quyến (絹)

fine silk tabby; thin, tough silk fabric.


縍

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


綾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯŋ) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 夌 (OC *rɯŋ).

Han compound

精者為紡絲綾，亦織為錦及絹。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
精者为纺丝绫，亦织为锦及绢。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

The fine ones are used for making silk and damask, and also woven into brocade and thin, tough silk.

Jīng zhě wéi fǎng sī líng, yì zhī wéi jǐn jí juàn. [Pinyin]

a thin type of silk fabric resembling satin; damask


箏

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (箏):
* → Japanese: 箏(そう) (sō)
* → Korean: 쟁(箏) (jaeng)
* → Vietnamese: tranh (箏)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsreːŋ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 爭 (OC *ʔsreːŋ).

Han compound

古箏／古筝 ― gǔzhēng ― guzheng


縓

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/


縩

/t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/


綬

silk ribbon attached to an official seal or medal


綮

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰeːʔ) : phonetic 𢼄 () + semantic 糸.


綁

綁鞋帶／绑鞋带 [Cantonese] ― bong² haai⁴ daai³⁻² [Jyutping] ― to tie up shoelaces


緋

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pɯl) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl).


繄

爾有母遺，繄我獨無！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
尔有母遗，繄我独无！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE

You have a mother to give [the broth to]; I alone do not!


縗

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

a type of mourning garment made of sackcloth


繣

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/


縵

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mroːns, *moːns) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 曼 (OC *moːn, *mons)


縰

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *srelʔ) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 徙 (OC *selʔ).

Han compound

(alt. form 纚／𫄥) silk cloth used to fasten hair


縝

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 真 (OC *ʔljin).


縋

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *dols) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 追 (OC *tul).

Han compound

夜縋而出 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
夜缒而出 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

That night, being sent down with a rope, he got out.


縳

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *donʔ, *dons) : semantic 糸 (“rope”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).


繜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsuːn) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 尊 (OC *ʔsuːn)


繯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ) : semantic 糸 (“rope”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ)


縶

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tib) : phonetic 執 (OC *tjib) + semantic 糸.
Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tip ~ *tu(p/m) (“to wrap up”); see 蠶 (OC *zluːm, “silkworm”) for more (STEDT).


纗

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/


纇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ruːls) : 糸 + 頪.


縊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qleːɡs, *qleɡs) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 益 (OC *qleɡ).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Compare Tibetan འཁྱིག་ ('khyig, “tie, fasten”), Burmese အစ် (ac, “throttle”) (Hill, 2017).


纉

/t͡su̯än²¹⁴/

/t͡su̯än²¹⁴/


繽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰin) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 賓 (OC *mpin).


罉

/ t͡sʰaŋ³³⁻³³⁵/

/ t͡sʰaŋ³³⁻³³⁵/

(Cantonese) cooking pot with a flat bottom


繾

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/


罛

(literary or Tanka Cantonese) large fishing net


罺

/t͡sʰaːu̯³³/

/t͡sʰaːu̯³³/


罈

罎
坛
壜
埮
墰
𡐧
墵
𤮦


罜

Only used in 罜䍡 (zhǔlù, “small fishnet”).


羇

Alternative form of 羈／羁 (jī, “bridle; to restrain; to stay”)


羍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰaːd) : phonetic 大 (OC *daːds, *daːds) + semantic 羊.


罥

荒葛罥塗，壇羅虺蜮， [MSC, trad.]
荒葛罥涂，坛罗虺蜮， [MSC, simp.]

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

Wild kudzu vines tangle the paths,In the halls gather vipers and bombardier beetles,

huāng gě juàn tú, tán luó huǐyù, [Pinyin]


罭

net made of fine mesh for catching small fish


羕

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *laŋs) : 羊 + 永.


羰

Blend of 氧 (yǎng, “oxygen”) + 碳 (tàn, “carbon”)


羖

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *klaːʔ) : semantic 羊 + phonetic 夃 (OC *kaːʔ).
Schuessler (2007) suggests that it is probably cognate with 羯 (OC *kad, “wether”), in which case it would be of Sino-Tibetan origin. Wang (1982) instead relates this word to 牯 (OC *kaːʔ, “male bovine”) and 豭 (OC *kraː, “boar”).


翀

鵠飛舉萬里，一飛翀昊蒼 [MSC, trad.]
鹄飞举万里，一飞翀昊苍 [MSC, simp.]

The swan soars ten thousand li, piercing the vast skies as it flies.

hú fēi jǔ wànlǐ, yī fēi chōng hào cāng [Pinyin]


翂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pɯn) : semantic 羽 + phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns)
Related to 翂 (OC *pɯn, “appearance of birds flying slowly”) and 飛 (OC *pɯl, “to fly”).

och-l

其為鳥也，翂翂翐翐，而似無能。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
其为鸟也，翂翂翐翐，而似无能。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE

Qí wèi niǎo yě, fēnfēnzhìzhì, ér sì wúnéng. [Pinyin]


翐

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/


羜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *daʔ) : semantic 羊 (“sheep”) + phonetic 宁 (OC *da, *daʔ)
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ra (“goat”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan ར (ra, “goat”), Pattani lá (“goat”), etc.


羶

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hljan) : semantic 羊 + phonetic 亶 (OC *taːnʔ).

Han compound

膻
膻
䍹
羴
𦏫
𦏭
𦏬
𠆞

rank odor (especially of sheep and goat)


翪

翅膀往上一翪，飛出老遠。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
翅膀往上一翪，飞出老远。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

Just with one flap of the wings, it flew off to somewhere far away.

⁵tsy-paon ⁵uaon ⁶zaon ⁷iq ¹tson ¹fi-tsheq ⁶lau ⁶yoe [Wugniu]


羆

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pral) : phonetic 罷 (OC *breːlʔ, *bral, *bralʔ) + semantic 熊 (“bear”); the common part 能 is shared.
Observing that the young of some brown bear subspecies sport white stripes, which fade with age, around their chests, Zhang (2019) proposes that 羆 (OC *praj) is cognate to 斑 (OC *prân) "stripe, striped", both being from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pral. As 斑 (OC *prân) is possibly the same word as 班 (OC *prân) (Schuessler, 2007), see 班 (OC *prân) for more etymology.

Han compound

吉夢維何、
維熊維羆、
維虺維蛇。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
吉梦维何、
维熊维罴、
维虺维蛇。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

What dreams are lucky?They have been about black bears and brown bears,

Jí mèng wéi hé,Wéi xióng wéi pí,Wéi huǐ wéi shé. [Pinyin]They have been about asps and adders.


翾

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


罍

(historical) lei (a kind of large wine jar with a small mouth, two handles, and a lid)


翿

君子陶陶，左執翿，右招我由敖。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
君子陶陶，左执𰭣，右招我由敖。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

My husband looks delighted.In his left hand he holds his screen of feathers,And with his right he calls me to the stage.

Jūnzǐ táotáo, zuǒ zhí dào, yòu zhāo wǒ yóu'áo. [Pinyin]

(historical) streamer or banner adorned with feathers used in dances or funeral ceremonies in ancient China


粽

→ Thai: จ้าง (jâang)

/t͡sʊŋ³³⁻³⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ³³⁻³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsoːŋs) : semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 宗 (OC *ʔsuːŋ).
First attested in Fengsu Tongyi (195). Bencao Gangmu claimed it was derived from 棕 (zōng, “palm tree”) due to similar shapes of zongzi and palm tree leaves.

Han compound

zongzi (dumpling made of glutinous rice, wrapped in leaves) (Classifier: 隻／只 c)


羼

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *skʰreːnʔ, *skʰraːns) : semantic 尸 (“shelter”) + phonetic 羴 (OC *qʰreːn, *qʰljen, “a crowd of sheep or goat”).


耖

/t͡sʰaːu̯³³/

/t͡sʰaːu̯³³/


耩

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kroːŋʔ) : semantic 耒 + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).


聅

(archaic) punishment of piercing the ear with an arrow in ancient martial law


耜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljɯʔ) : semantic 耒 (“plow”) + phonetic 㠯 ().

Han compound

枱
㭒
䎣
𦓨
𣏌
𦓵
梩


耤

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zjaːɡ) : semantic 耒 (“plow”) + phonetic 昔 (OC *sjaːɡ).


聝

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷrɯːɡ) : semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ, “halberd; weapon”). Largely displaced by 馘 (OC *kʷrɯːɡ).

Han compound

Alternative form of 馘 (“to cut off the left ear of the enemy”)


耰

toothless rake for drawing earth over newly sown grain; harrow


聬

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 翁 (OC *qloːŋ).


耘

Related to Tibetan ཡུར་མ (yur ma, “weeding”), Kurtöp [script needed] (wer, “to weed”) (Schuessler, 2007, 2024).


聹

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *neːŋ, *neːŋʔ) : semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 寧 (OC *neːŋ).


肓

(traditional Chinese medicine) the part of human body between the heart and the diaphragm, which was thought to be unreachable by medicament


肄

京邑衣冠，疲勞講肄，厭聞清談，對之睡寐；見我家兄，莫不驚視。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
京邑衣冠，疲劳讲肄，厌闻清谈，对之睡寐；见我家兄，莫不惊视。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

The gentry of the capital are tired of discussing their studies, and they are fed up with listening to qingtan; when faced with these they sleep. When they see my dear elder brother, [money,] not one of them is not startled and looking at him.

Jīngyì yīguàn, píláo jiǎng yì, yàn wén qīngtán, duì zhī shuì mèi; jiàn wǒ jiāxiōng, mòbù jīng shì. [Pinyin]


肰

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 肉 (“meat”) + semantic 犬 (“dog”).


脁

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/


縹

/pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

/pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/


肽

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


胛

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːb) : phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb) + semantic 肉 (“flesh”).


胾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsrɯs) : semantic 肉 + phonetic 𢦏 (OC *ʔslɯː)


胈

(archaic) fine hairs (especially on the thighs)


胯

Uncertain. Compare with Burmese ခွ (hkwa., “crotch, fork, groin”).


脞

/t͡sʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴/


腄

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯aɪ̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯aɪ̯³⁵/


肢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kje) : semantic 肉 (“flesh”) + phonetic 支 (OC *kje).


腠

the tissue between the skin and the flesh


膁

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/


膌

Alternative form of 瘠 (jí, “thin; emaciated”)


膬

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


膙

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/


腡

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·roːl, *kʷroːl) : semantic 肉 (“body”) + phonetic 咼 (OC *kʰʷroːl).


聾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roːŋ) : phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ) + semantic 耳 (“ear”) – deaf.
Perhaps related to 聳 (OC *sloŋʔ, “deaf”) (Schuessler, 2007).


膰

(historical) to cook meat for a sacrifice or offering


膲

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


膢

夫山居而谷汲者，膢臘而相遺以水；澤居苦水者，買庸而決竇。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
夫山居而谷汲者，𦝼腊而相遗以水；泽居苦水者，买庸而决窦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on W. K. Liao's version

Indeed, those who dwell in the mountains and draw water from the valleys, give water to each other on the occasion of the lou and winter sacrifices; those who live in swamps hire men to open channels for the water.

Fú shānjū ér gǔ jí zhě, lóulà ér xiàng yí yǐ shuǐ; zéjū gǔ shuǐ zhě, mǎi yōng ér jué dòu. [Pinyin]

若何牛羊之用人也？若牛羊用人，則狐貍、螻蚓不膢臘也與？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
若何牛羊之用人也？若牛羊用人，则狐狸、蝼蚓不𦝼腊也与？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE, translated based on Jeffrey S. Bullock's version

How can one use people like cattle and sheep? If one uses them as cattle and sheep, then do foxes, raccoon-dogs, crickets, and earthworms not become the recipients of the lou and winter sacrifices?

Ruòhé niúyáng zhī yòngrén yě? Ruò niúyáng yòngrén, zé húlí, lóuyǐn bù lóu là yě yǔ? [Pinyin]


膮

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ) : semantic 肉 (“meat”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).


膋

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

Han compound

執其鸞刀，以啟其毛，取其血膋。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
执其鸾刀，以启其毛，取其血䒿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

Zhí qí luándāo, yǐ qǐ qí máo, qǔ qí xuè liáo. [Pinyin]

既入廟門，麗於碑，卿大夫袒，而毛牛尚耳，鸞刀以刲，取膟膋，乃退。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
既入庙门，丽于碑，卿大夫袒，而毛牛尚耳，鸾刀以刲，取膟䒿，乃退。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Jì rù miào mén, lì yú bēi, qīng dà fū tǎn, ér máo niú shàng ěr, luándāo yǐ 刲, qǔ lù liáo, nǎi tuì. [Pinyin]

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


膛

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 肉 (OC *njuɡ, “flesh, meat”) + semantic 堂.


臇

/t͡ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴/


臃

Used in 臃腫／臃肿 (yōngzhǒng, “obese; swollen; overstaffed”).


膂

For pronunciation and definitions of 膂 – see 呂 (“spine”).
(This character is a variant form of 呂).


臏

Alternative form of 髕／髌 (bìn, “kneecap; cutting off kneecaps as a form of punishment”)


膵

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 膵.
Spelling pronunciation, as 萃 (cuì).


臞

Characters in the same phonetic series (瞿) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷa, *ɡʷas) : semantic ⺼ (“flesh”) + phonetic 瞿 (OC *kʷas, *ɡʷa)

Han compound

吾入見先王之義則榮之，出見富貴之樂又榮之；兩者戰於胸中，未知勝負，故臞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
吾入见先王之义则荣之，出见富贵之乐又荣之；两者战于胸中，未知胜负，故臞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Whenever I went in and saw the virtue of the early kings I rejoiced in it. Whenever I went out and saw the pleasure of the rich and noble I rejoiced in it, too. These two conflicting attractions waged a war within my breast. When victory and defeat still hung in the balance, I was thin.

Wú rù jiàn xiānwáng zhī yì zé róng zhī, chū jiàn fùguì zhī lè yòu róng zhī; liǎngzhě zhàn yú xiōngzhōng, wèizhī shèngfù, gù qú. [Pinyin]


腱

Originally 䇟. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kan, *ɡans) : semantic 肉 (“meat; flesh”) + phonetic 建 (OC *kans).


舼

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/


舺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 舟 (“boat”) + phonetic 甲 (kah)


腫

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjoŋʔ) : semantic 肉 (“meat, flesh”) + phonetic 重 (OC *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs).


膫

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rews, *reːw) : semantic 肉 (“body”) + phonetic 尞 ().


舁

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 臼 (“a pair of hands”) + 廾 (“a pair of hands”). The upper component in the original version is 𦥑, so the mortar is a false friend.


舀

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 爪 (“hand”) + 臼 (“mortar, vessel”).
Related to 揄 (OC *l'oː, *l'oːʔ, *lu, *lo, “to scoop out”) (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Mizo lâwk, lawh (“to scoop up; to shovel up”), Mon ဂၠံက် (“to scoop up; to scoop out”) (Schuessler, 2007).

och-l

𦥝
𤔘
抌
抭
㧒
𦥟
𦥞
𦥨
𥦶
𦥵
𦦌


芃

艹 (“grass”) + 凡 – growth (of plants, grass).


腺

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 腺(せん) (sen).
Spelling pronunciation, as 線／线 (xiàn).


芏

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


艙

Considered a 後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì). Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰaːŋ) : semantic 舟 (“boat”) + phonetic 倉 (OC *sʰaːŋ).

zh-l

後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì)


芎

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/


苄

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


苚

a type of grass mentioned in ancient books


苊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 厄.
Borrowed from English acenaphthene.


苭

(Only used in 苭茮.) the way in which grass grows


芷

Angelica dahurica
Angelica dahurica#Translingual


苜

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


茖

Allium victorialis
Wikispecies:Allium victorialis


芰

屈到嗜芰，有疾，召其宗老而屬之，曰：「祭我必以芰。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
屈到嗜芰，有疾，召其宗老而属之，曰：「祭我必以芰。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Qu Dao was fond of water chestnuts. When he succumbed to illness, he called for his vassal in charge of the ancestral rites, and requested the use of water chestnuts as the sacrificial offering to him after his death.

Qū Dào shì jì, yǒu jí, zhào qí zōnglǎo ér zhǔ zhī, yuē: “Jì wǒ bì yǐ jì.” [Pinyin]

(chiefly archaic) water chestnut (Trapa spp.)


茾

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/


茻

Ideogram (指事) - 艸 (grass) written two times, representing a multitude of grass.

Shuo Wen Jie Zi (a dictionary in East Han Dynasty)

茻：眾艸也。从四屮。凡茻之屬皆从茻。讀與冈同。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
茻：众艸也。从四屮。凡茻之属皆从茻。读与冈同。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Mǎng: zhòng cǎo yě. Cóng sì 屮. Fán mǎng zhī shǔ jiē cóng mǎng. Dú yǔ gāng tóng. [Pinyin]
[The character] 茻 [means] multiple grass indeed. [The character is] composed [of] four 屮. All that belongs to the 茻 radical are composed of 茻. [The character's] pronunciation is the same as 冈.


脰

→ Proto-Vietic: *k-ɗɔːk (“nape”)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doːs) : semantic ⺼ (“meat; flesh”) + phonetic 豆 (OC *doːs).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tuk ~ *twak (“head; skull; neck”); cognate with Jingpho du (“neck”), Burmese လည်တိုင် (lanytuing), Nuosu ꆽꄿ (lie dda).


茉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 末 (OC *maːd).


荄

Smith (2011) groups this word with the following terms into a word family meaning “root, germ, generative core”:
* its derivative 根 (OC *kɯːn, “root”),
* 核 (OC *ɡrɯːɡ, “germ, kernel”),
* 骸 (OC *ɡrɯː, “(human) bones”),
* 孩 (OC *ɡɯː, “child”),
* 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ, “sprouting stage”), i.e. "the moon’s first appearance" > "twelfth earthly branch".
See 核 (OC *ɡrɯːɡ) for further etymology.


腚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 肉 (“flesh”) + phonetic 定.


膿

→ Proto-Katuic: *pnuŋ (“pus”)

→ Proto-Tai: *ʰnoːŋᴬ (“pus”)

Thai: หนอง (nɔ̌ɔng)

留意感染的徵兆，比如發燒、發紅、腫脹、灼熱、疼痛加劇、流膿或割傷部位周圍有紅色條紋等。 [MSC, trad.]
留意感染的征兆，比如发烧、发红、肿胀、灼热、疼痛加剧、流脓或割伤部位周围有红色条纹等。 [MSC, simp.]

From: 急救基本知识, Qingdao United Family Hospital (青岛和睦家医院)

Watch for signs of infection, which are fever, redness, swelling, warmth, increasing pain, pus, or red streaks around the cut area etc.

Liúyì gǎnrǎn de zhēngzhào, bǐrú fāshāo, fāhóng, zhǒngzhàng, zhuórè, téngtòng jiājù, liú nóng huò gēshāng bùwèi zhōuwéi yǒu hóngsè tiáowén děng. [Pinyin]


茝

/ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/

2nd c. AD, 許慎, 說文解字
楚謂之蘺，晉謂之虈，齊謂之茝。


荍

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

視爾如荍，貽我握椒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
视尔如荞，贻我握椒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

I look on you as the flower of the thorny mallows; you give me a stalk of the pepper plant.

Alternative name for 錦葵／锦葵 (jǐnkuí, “mallow”).


荇

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


茥

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/


莔

Fritillaria verticillata, the bulb of which is used in traditional Chinese medicine as a medicinal herb to reduce phlegm


莰

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


艦

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (艦):
* → Japanese: 艦(かん) (kan)
* → Korean: 함(艦) (ham)
* → Vietnamese: hạm (艦)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡraːmʔ) : semantic 舟 + phonetic 監 (OC *kraːm, *kraːms).
"Warship (with boards installed on its four sides to defend against arrow attacks)" (Shiming) > "warship" > "ship" (Guangya). A specialised character derived from 檻 (OC *ɡraːmʔ, *ɡraːms, “fence, railing, board”); see there for more on the external etymology.
This character is a classic example of historical misreadings of unfamiliar characters. The l- initial in southern dialects is probably due to confusion with 濫 (MC lamH, “to overflow”), not due to divergent evolutions of the Old Chinese cluster initial *gr- as this character is often cited as an example of. Likewise, the readings in other Chinese are misreadings, although this is more subtle. Expected Mandarin reflex is xiàn, and jiàn is due to confusion with 鑑 (MC kaemH, “mirror; to reflect”). Wu and Eastern Min readings are results of confusion with 檻 (MC haemX, “doorsill”). Despite these irregularities, all the Sinoxenic readings are regular.


荸

Chinese water chestnut
Chinese water chestnut

Only used in 荸薺／荸荠 (bíqi, “Chinese water chestnut”).


菛

For pronunciation and definitions of 菛 – see 虋 (“red-stalked millet”).
(This character is a variant form of 虋).


茱

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


菙

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/


荖

betel pepper; a type of leaf associated with the betel nut found in southeast and south China


菢

菢蛋 [Cantonese] ― bou⁶ daan⁶⁻² [Jyutping] ― to hatch eggs

(literary or dialectal) to sit on eggs; to hatch


菭

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


菐

According to Shuowen, an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *boːɡ, *puɡ) : semantic 丵 + phonetic 廾 (OC *kloŋ, *kloŋʔ).
For a more recent view, see the glyph origin section at 僕 (pú).


菬

/t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/

/t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/


莈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯːd) : phonetic 艹 (OC *sʰuːʔ, “grass; herb”) + semantic 沒.


菡

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡuːmʔ) : semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 函 (OC *ɡuːm, *ɡruːm).

Han compound

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


菇

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


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”).


莉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *riːl, *r'il, *r'i) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 利 (OC *rids).


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).


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”).


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.


菏

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

Han compound

name of a river in Shandong province, China


葥

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/


萵

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


臂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *peɡs) : phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ) + semantic 肉 (“meat; flesh”).
Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p-jak (“arm”), whence Lepcha [script needed] (pek), Limbu [script needed] (phuk-bek), Tibetan ཕྱག (phyag, “hand; arm”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).


臀

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *duːn) : phonetic 殿 (OC *tɯːns, *dɯːns) + semantic 肉 (“flesh”).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-t(u/i)l (“buttocks; heel; dull; blunt; rounded part”). Compare Manipuri ꯊꯨꯟ (thoon, “buttocks”).


葶

Draba nemorosa
Wikispecies:Draba nemorosa


蒈

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


莧

Amaranthus tricolor
Amaranthus tricolor#Translingual


膝

/t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

/t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *siɡ) : semantic ⺼ (“meat, body”) + phonetic 桼 (OC *sʰiɡ) – the knee.
Originally 厀, a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *siɡ) : phonetic 桼 (OC *sʰiɡ) + semantic 卩 (“kneeling person”).

Han compound

膝蓋／膝盖


蒓

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/

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


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


蒂

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


蓖

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


蓲

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/


蔉

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


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)


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


蓿

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


蔪

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


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


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”).


蔠

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


蓍

Achillea millefolium
Achillea millefolium#Translingual


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


蕦

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


蔔

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


蕝

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


蕆

以蕆陳事 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
以蒇陈事 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

in order to finish up the previously unfinished work


薘

Plantago major
Plantago major#Translingual


蕓

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


蕣

Hibiscus syriacus
Hibiscus syriacus#Translingual


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")


蕞

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


蕵

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


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).


蕘

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


藭

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/


薷

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