Depicts the mouth (口) being stuck and not moving, like wood (木), representing someone stupid or expressionless.
Components
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | tɯː |
| ŋɯː |
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | trjangH | traŋ-s | curtain |
| Zhengzhang | taŋs | ||
| Unicode | djiɑ̀ng |
說文解字
張也。从巾長聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)