Pictograph of the side view of a standing person.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | nyin | ni[ŋ] | (other) person |
說文解字
《說文》：“人，天地之性最貴者也。此籀文，象臂脛之形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.630
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Original meaning: wooden post
Originally a pictograph of a wooden post, similar to 弋. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dzoj | [dz]ˤə | talent, ability |
說文解字
《說文》：“才，艸木之初也。从丨上貫一，將生枝葉。一，地也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.495-496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)
Traditional
Original meaning: [name of river]
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 齊 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsejX | [ts]ˤ[i]jʔ | numerous |
| tsejX | [ts]ˤəjʔ | stately | |
| tsejX | [ts]ˤəjʔ | [river name] | |
| tsejH | [ts]ˤ[i]j(ʔ)-s | cross a stream; rescue | |
| tsejH | [ts]ˤ[i]j(ʔ)-s | stop |
說文解字
《說文》：“濟，水。出常山房子贊皇山，東入泜。从水，齊聲。”
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)