倪桂珍 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

ní, nì, niè feeble

A young child 兒

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

兒 Meaning component

r, ér son

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngej	ŋˤe	young and weak
Zhengzhang		ŋeː

說文解字

俾也。从人兒聲。

Sources

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

guì cassia or cinnamon

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

圭 Sound component

guī jade pointed at top

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		kʷeːs
Unicode	guèi

說文解字

江南木，百藥之長。从木圭聲。

Sources

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

zhēn precious

Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 㐱 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩 Meaning component

yù jade

jade

㐱 Sound component

zhěn thick hair

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trin	trə[n]	precious thing

說文解字

《說文》：“珍，寶也。从玉，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)

倪 ní, nì, niè feeble

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說文解字

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桂 guì cassia or cinnamon

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珍 zhēn precious

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ní, nì, niè feeble

guì cassia or cinnamon

zhēn precious