Original meaning: temple
Originally a pictograph of a temple or a shrine. The meaning later shifted to "food offering" and "enjoy".
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | xaeng | [qʰ]ˤraŋ (W dialect) | penetrate |
| xjangX | [qʰ]aŋʔ | offer in sacrifice; food offering |
說文解字
《說文》：“亯，獻也。从高省。曰：象進孰物形。《孝經》曰：‘祭則鬼亯之。’享，篆文亯。”
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)
Original meaning: harvest
Pictograph of a person (人) harvesting grain (禾). The harvest season is a yearly event.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | nen | C.nˤi[ŋ] | harvest; year |
說文解字
《說文》：“年，穀孰也。从禾，千聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.574-575
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)