Simplified
Pictograph of money (貝) coming out of a netted bag (网). The simplified character 买 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 買.
Components
网 IconicSimplified component
头 Simplified component
Shorthand for the 貝 component in the traditional character 買. Shells were used as currency in ancient China.
Simplified
Components
Character Evolution
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- Academia Sinica
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | tjo | |
| Unicode | jio |
說文解字
蚌之陰精。从玉朱聲。《春秋國語》曰：“珠以禦火灾”是也。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | meaX | mˤrajʔ | buy |
說文解字
《說文》：“買，市也。从网、貝。《孟子》曰：‘登壟斷而网市利。’”
Sources
- Character origin
- 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)
櫝 Traditional
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | duwk | lˤok | coffer; box |
| Zhengzhang | l'oːɡ |
說文解字
匱也。从木賣聲。一曰木名。又曰：大梡也。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hwaen | [ɢ]ʷˤ<r>en | turn around; return |
| zjwen | s-ɢʷen | turn around, return; agile |
說文解字
復也。从辵瞏聲。
Sources
- Character origin
- 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)