Template:Han compound/documentation

This template is used in the glyph origin section, similar to {{compound}}, but specifically for Hanzi compound. Use

{{Han compound|first part|second part|optionally more parts}}

For instance, a simple etymology of 幕 could be created with:

{{Han compound|莫|巾}}

which evaluates to:

莫 + 巾

As elsewhere, etymologies should be referenced.

More parts

For the character classification, a “|ls=”(stands for "liushu") parameter with "i/ic/psc" could be added:

{{Han compound|莫|巾|ls=psc}}

Where i means "Ideograms", ic means "Ideogrammic compounds", psc means "Phono-semantic compounds" (形聲字／形声字 (xíngshēngzì)).

A Phono-semantic compound is made up of two characters: phonetic one and semantic one. Mark them by using “|c1=”, “|c2=” with parameters "p" or "s":

{{Han compound|莫|巾|c1=p|c2=s|ls=psc}}

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ) + semantic 巾

Furthermore, there is the possibility to give translations of the parts by using “|t1=”, “|t2=”:

{{Han compound|莫|巾|t2=textiles|ls=psc}}

Finally, alternative representation forms can be given by using the “|alt1=”, “|alt2=” parameters, take "慕" for example:

{{Han compound|莫|心|t2=heart|alt2=㣺|ls=psc}}

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): 莫 + 㣺 (“heart”)

Additional parameters

|adj=

If specified, returns an adjectival form of the liushu name, i.e. “pictographic” instead of “pictogram”.

|nocap=

If yes, converts the first letter to lower case.

|no_och= (for page title character) and |no_ochx= (for the xth component)

If specified, disables automatic Old Chinese pronunciation for the corresponding character (which is displayed by default for the title character and the phonetic component, if the character is a phono-semantic character).

|abbx= (for the xth component)

If yes, the component will be labelled as abbreviated.

|trx= (for transliteration of the xth component)

Replaces Old Chinese pronunciation with user defined pronunciation (eg. for dialectal characters).

For characters of non-Chinese origin

{{Han compound|米#Vietnamese|頗#Vietnamese|c1=s|c2=p|t1=rice|tr2=phở|ls=psc}}

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 頗 (phở)

See also

• About Chinese characters: Etymology
• {{liushu}}

References

• Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字／说文解字 (Shuōwén Jiězì) is a standard reference (early 2nd century CE), and is valuable (解字 = analyze/characters) but inaccurate at some points.

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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1st character	1	The first character of the compound Example 莫	Page name	optional
2nd character	2	The second character of the compound Example 心	Page name	optional
3rd character...	3	3rd character and on are optional; use params 4, 5, 6, etc. for beyond 3	Page name	optional
Liushu category	ls	Type of character composition (liùshū/六書) Example “psc” (phono-semantic compound); “i” (ideogram); “id” (ideogrammic compound)	String	optional
Use adjectival form?	adj	If non-empty, returns an adjectival form of the liushu name, i.e. “pictographic” instead of “pictogram”. Example yes	String	optional
Use lowercase?	nocap	If 'yes', the first letter will be made lowercase Example yes	String	optional
Alternate form for character 1	alt1	Alternate form of the first character included in the compound Example ⺼	String	optional
Alternate form for character 2	alt2	Alternate form of the second character included in the compound Example 㣺	String	optional
Translation 1	tr1	Meaning of the first character component Example textiles	String	optional
Translation 2	tr2	Meaning of the second character component Example heart	String	optional