Components
乙 Distinguishing component
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kan | [k]ˤar | dry |
| gjen | [g](r)ar | heaven; heavenly |
說文解字
《說文》：“乾，上出也。从乙。乙，物之達也。倝聲。，籀文乾。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.959-960
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Depicts the sun (日) rising above the horizon (一) at dawn. In the oracle bone script the bottom component was the phonetic 丁, which was later reanalyzed as the earth or a horizon.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tanH | tˤan-s | dawn |
說文解字
《說文》：“旦，明也。从日見一上。一，地也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.539
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)