Original meaning: crane
Depicts a bird (隹) with a line on its neck to either indicate a crane's long neck or loudness of its call. Based on the original meaning "crane", now written as 鶴. The meaning later shifted to "very high".
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | howk | [g]ˤawk | high |
說文解字
《說文》：“隺，高至也。从隹上欲出冂。《易》曰：‘夫乾隺然’。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 陳劍《“隺”“彖”兩字合證補説》
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)