Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Sound (1)
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dzwon | [dz]ˤə[n] | exist |
說文解字
《說文》：“存，恤問也。从子，才聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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Original meaning: desire to have something
Phonosemantic compound. 柰 represents the sound and 欠 represents the meaning. Based on the original meaning "desire to have something". The meaning later shifted to "funds" and "item".
Components
Character Evolution
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Sound (0 of 1 verified)
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | kʰloːnʔ | |
| Unicode | kuɑn |
說文解字
《說文》：“，意有所欲也。从欠，祟欠省。歀，或从柰。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 李学勤《字源》p.768
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- Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Original meaning: water-level
Simplified form of 準. Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 隼 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "water-level", a tool to check the flatness of surfaces. The meaning later shifted to "accurate", "rule", and "approve".
Components
Shorthand for the 氵 (water) component in the traditional character 準.
Shorthand for the 隼 (sǔn) component in the traditional character 準.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | qʷjinʔ |
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Simplified
Simplified form of 備. Depicts preparing a container for arrows to equip oneself for battle.
Components
Phonosemantic compound. 王 and 吕 represent the meaning and 今 represents the sound. 王 depicts a metal axe and 吕 depicts two metal plates.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kim | k(r)[ə]m | metal, bronze |
說文解字
《說文》：“金，五色金也。黄為之長，久薶不生衣，百鍊不輕，从革不違。西方之行，生於土，从土，左右注象金在土中形，今聲。，古文金。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.925
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- Unicode
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- Baxter-Sagart
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Traditional
Depicts a person (亻) preparing a container for arrows to equip himself for battle.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Sound (0 of 1 verified)
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bijH | [b]rək-s | complete (adj.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“備，慎也。从人，聲。，古文備。”
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)