Depicts a hammer hitting an object.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tej | tˤij | Western tribes |
| tejX | tˤijʔ | bottom |
說文解字
《說文》：“氐，至也。从氏下箸一。一，地也。林義光《文源》：“當與‘氐’同字。氏、氐音稍變，故加‘一’以別之。‘一’，實非地。氏象根。根在地下，非根之下復有地也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.860-861
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)