僅
jǐn HSK3

only

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 堇 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

堇
堇 Sound component
jǐn, qín, jìn clay

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartginH[g]rə[r]-s barely

說文解字

《說文》：“僅，材能也。从人，堇聲。”

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)

仅 jǐn only Simplified

Simplified from 僅. Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 堇 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

又
又 Simplified component
yòu again

Shorthand for the 堇 component in the traditional character 僅.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“付，與也。从寸，持物對人。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)