Original meaning: cut open
Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | phanH | pʰˤan-s | divide |
說文解字
《說文》：“判，分也。从刀，半聲。”
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)
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kwet | k.mˤet (dialect: *k.m- > MC kw-) | sleeve |
| mjiejH | k.met-s | sleeve | |
| Zhengzhang | mɡʷeds | ||
| Unicode | miɛ̀i |
說文解字
袖也。从衣夬聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)