Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | khejH | [kʰ]ˤet-s | script notches |
| khet | kʰˤet | 契闊 hard-working (Ode 31.4) | |
| khet | kʰˤet | cut |
說文解字
《說文》：“契，大約也。从大，从。《易》曰：‘後代聖人易之以書契。’”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Depicts a chunk of cinnabar found in a well for mining.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tan | tˤan | cinnabar |
說文解字
《說文》：“丹，巴越之赤石也。象采丹井，一象丹形。，古文丹。，亦古文丹。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.426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)