Original meaning: sacrificial altar for food
Originally a pictograph of a sacrificial altar for food, now written as 俎. The current meaning "moreover" is a phonetic loan.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsjo | tsa | [final particle] |
| tshjaeX | [tsʰ]Aʔ | moreover |
說文解字
《說文》：“且，薦也。从几，足有二橫，一其下地也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
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- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
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- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Simplified
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 斤 represents the sound. Simplified form of 聽. Before 听 was used as a simplified character, it was pronounced yǐn and was an archaic word for "smile".
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | ŋɡrɯnʔ |
| ŋɡɯnʔ |
說文解字
《說文》：“听，笑皃。从口，斤聲。”
Sources
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- Zhengzhang Shangfang
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- Academia Sinica
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Originally a small line or dot below a longer line, indicating "down". The vertical line was added to distinguish the character from 二 (two). Opposite of 上.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | haeX | gˤraʔ | down |
| haeH | m-gˤraʔ-s | descend |
說文解字
《說文》：“丅，底也。指事。下，篆文丅。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.47
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Depicts water rotating around in a circle.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hwoj | [ɢ]ʷˤəj | go around |
說文解字
《說文》：“回，轉也。从囗，中象回轉形。囘，古文。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.515-516
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Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pjun | pə[n] | divide |
| bjunH | [m]-pə[n]-s | alloted duty |
說文解字
《說文》：“分，別也。从八，从刀，刀以分別物也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
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Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | keaX | kˤreʔ | cut up; unloose |
| heaX | N-kˤreʔ | understand | |
| heaX | N-kˤreʔ | #NAME? |
說文解字
《說文》：“解，判也。从刀判牛角。一曰解廌，獸也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Sound (1)
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | theng | l̥ˤeŋ | listen |
| thengH | l̥ˤeŋ-s | listen to; obey |
說文解字
《說文》：“聽，聆也。从耳、，声。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.841
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
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- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)