Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | djus |
說文解字
《說文新附》：“售，賣去手也。从口，雔省聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound. The 宀 component is used because putting on a roof completes the process of constructing a building.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hwan | [ɢ]ˤo[n] | finish (v.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“完，全也。从宀，元聲。古文以為寬字。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Baxter-Sagart
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Original meaning: eat
Depicts a kneeling person (卩) eating from a container of food (皀). Based on the original meaning "eat". The meaning later shifted to "come near", "approach", and "quickly".
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsik | [ts]ik | go to |
| tsik | [ts]ik | thereupon |
說文解字
《說文》：“卽，即食也。从皀，卪聲。”
Sources
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Original meaning: foot
Pictograph of a foot. The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "stop".
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsyiX | təʔ | foot; stop |
說文解字
《說文》：“止，下基也。象艸木出有址，故以止為足。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)