Simplified
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Character Evolution
說文解字
《說文》：“坏，丘再成者也。一曰瓦未燒。从土，不聲。”
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- Academia Sinica
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Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 夭 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | sjewH | [s-l]aw-s | to laugh |
說文解字
《說文新附》：“此字本闕。臣鉉等案：孫愐《唐韻》引《說文》云‘喜也，从竹，从犬’，而不述其義。今俗皆从犬。又案：李陽冰刊定《說文》‘从竹，从夭’，義云‘竹得風其體夭屈如人之笑’。未知其審。”
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
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hweajH | N-[k]ˤ<r>uj-s | be destroyed |
| hweajH | m-[k]ˤ<r>uj-s | destroy | |
| hwojX | N-[k]ˤujʔ | be destroyed | |
| hwojX | m-[k]ˤujʔ | destroy | |
| kweajH | [k]ʷˤ<r>ujʔ-s | destroy |
說文解字
《說文》：“壞，敗也。从土，褱聲。，古文壞省。，籀文壞。”
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)