stand tall

Depicts a person with the head emphasized, conveying the meaning "stand tall".

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (3)

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngwot[ŋ]ˤut amputate the feet

說文解字

《說文》:“兀,高而上平也。从一在人上。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

niè jumpy

Components

Sound component
niè law
Meaning component
wēi dangerous

precarious

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋeːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang