仰视 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yǎng raise the head to look

To exalt 卬 a person 亻

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

卬 Meaning component

áng, ang, yǎng high

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngjangX	C.ŋaŋʔ	lift the face, look up
Zhengzhang		ŋaŋʔ
		ŋaŋs
Unicode	ngiɑ̌ng
	ngiɑ̌ng

說文解字

舉也。从人从卬。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

shì, shi look at Simplified

Simplified form of 視. Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 礻 represents the sound.

Components

见 Meaning component

jiàn, xiàn, jian see

礻 Sound component

shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

shì, shi look at Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 礻 represents the sound.

Components

見 Meaning component

jiàn, xiàn, jian see

礻 Sound component

shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzyijX	gijʔ	look, see
	dzyijH	gijʔ-s	look, see

說文解字

《說文》：“視，瞻也。从見、示。，古文視；眡，亦古文視。”

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)

仰 yǎng raise the head to look

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

视 shì, shi look at Simplified

Components

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視 shì, shi look at Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

yǎng raise the head to look

shì, shi look at Simplified

shì, shi look at Traditional