Original meaning: bones
Variant of 冎. Pictograph of bones. Based on the original meaning "bones". The meaning later shifted to "separate", "other" and "another".
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | reːŋs |
Sources
- Character origin
- The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
Simplified
Components
米 Simplified component
Shorthand for 頪, the sound component in the traditional character 頪.
大 Simplified component
Shorthand for 犬, the meaning component in the traditional character 頪.
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | lwijH | [r]u[t]-s | category |
說文解字
《說文》：“類，種類相似，唯犬為甚。从犬，頪聲。”
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)