墙角 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qiáng wall Simplified

Simplified form of 牆. Phonosemantic compound. 爿 represents the sound and 嗇 represents the meaning.

Components

土 Simplified component

tǔ earth

Shorthand for the phonetic 爿 component in the traditional character 牆.

啬 Iconic component

sè stingy

Depicts a building for storing grain.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

jiǎo, jué horn

Pictograph of a horn.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Component uses

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kaewk	C.[k]ˤrok	horn, corner

說文解字

《說文》：“角，獸角也。象形，角與刀魚相似。”

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)

qiáng wall Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 爿 represents the sound and 嗇 represents the meaning.

Components

爿 Sound component

pán, qiáng piece of wood

嗇 Iconic component

stingy

Depicts a building for storing grain.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		zaŋ
Unicode	dzhiɑng

說文解字

《說文》：“牆，垣蔽也。从嗇，爿聲。，籀文从二禾；，籀文亦从二來。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

墙 qiáng wall Simplified

Components

Sources

角 jiǎo, jué horn

Character Evolution

Component uses

Meaning (4 of 12 verified)

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

Iconic (3)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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牆 qiáng wall Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

qiáng wall Simplified

jiǎo, jué horn

qiáng wall Traditional