Original meaning: to yawn
Depicts opening the mouth (口) wide (大) to let a yawn leave the mouth. Original form of 呿.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | khjoX | [kʰ](r)aʔ | get rid of |
| khjoH | [k]ʰ(r)ap-s | depart |
說文解字
《說文》：“去，人相違也。从大，凵聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.421漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | mijH | mr[ə][t]-s | 魑魅 trhje.mijH a kind of demon |
說文解字
《說文》：“鬽，老精物也。从鬼、彡。彡，鬼毛。魅，或从未聲。，古文。，籀文，从彖首，从尾省聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)