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Original meaning: place in Gansu province
Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.
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Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | buwX | [b]ˤ(r)oʔ | lead (v.), govern |
說文解字
天水狄部。从邑咅聲。
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)
Pictograph of a spear-like weapon.
Character Evolution
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | mjuw | m(r)u | a kind of lance |
說文解字
《說文》：“矛，酋矛也。建於兵車，長二丈。象形。，古文矛，从戈。”
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)
Originally a pictograph of a shield. The current form depicts a person (人) holding a shield.
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Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dwonX | lˤu[n]ʔ | shield |
說文解字
《說文》：“盾，瞂也，所以扞身蔽目。象形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫劉志基《中國漢字文物大系》Vol. 4, p.74
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
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Sound (0 of 1 verified)
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | nop | nˤ[u]p | bring or send in |
| nwojH | nˤ[u]p-s | inside |
說文解字
《說文》：“內，入也。从口，自外而入也。”
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)