go away

Original meaning: to yawn

Depicts opening the mouth () wide () to let a yawn leave the mouth. Original form of .

Components

Meaning component
dà, dài big
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (4 of 11 verified)

Meaning (3 of 5 verified)

Simplified (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhjoX[kʰ](r)aʔ get rid of
khjoH[k]ʰ(r)ap-s depart

說文解字

《說文》:“去,人相違也。从大,凵聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.421漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

chàn shiver Simplified

Components

Sound component
dǎn, dàn, chán sincere
Meaning component
page

leaf

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

chàn shiver Traditional

Components

Sound component
dǎn, dàn, chán sincere
Meaning component
(head), page

leaf

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjans

說文解字

頭不正也。从頁亶聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica