Original meaning: underclothing
Pictograph of clothing surrounding (囗) a person (大), now written as 裀. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
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)
Traditional
Original meaning: putting on extra clothing
Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 龖 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | zip | sə-l[ə]p | repeat; additional robe |
| zip | sə.l[ə]p | surprise attack |
說文解字
《說文》：“襲，左衽袍。从衣，龖省聲。，籀文襲不省。”
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)