Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 臤 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dzyinX | Cə.[ɡ]i[n]ʔ | kidney |
| Zhengzhang | ɡjinʔ |
說文解字
水藏也。从肉臤聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)