Original meaning: underclothing
Pictograph of clothing surrounding (囗) a person (大), now written as 裀. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'jin | ʔi[n] | rely on |
說文解字
《說文》：“因，就也。从囗、大。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.518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 | zwin | sə.lu[n] | follow |
| Zhengzhang | ljun | ||
| Unicode | zuin |
說文解字
行順也。从彳盾聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
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Character Evolution
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Sound (1)
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | syuwX | s-tuʔ | keep, guard |
| syuwH | s.tuʔ-s | territory in somebody's guard, fief |
說文解字
《說文》：“守，守官也。从宀，从寸。寺府之事者。从寸，寸，法度也。”
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)
Traditional
Original meaning: type of owl
Phonosemantic compound. 雈 represents the meaning and 臼 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of owl". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | gjuwH | N-kʷəʔ-s | old |
說文解字
《說文》：“舊，舊，舊留也。从萑，臼聲。鵂，舊或从鳥，休聲。”
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)