Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 宛 represents the sound.
Components
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | qoːns | |
| Unicode | quɑ̀n |
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
Pictograph of a foot (止) attached to a leg.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsjuH | [ts]ok-s | replenish |
| tsjowk | [ts]ok | sufficient | |
| tsjowk | [ts]ok | foot |
說文解字
《說文》：“足，人之足也，在下。从止、囗。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.143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)