Originally depicted two pieces of meat (肉) on a sacrificial altar (且). Based on the original meaning "sacrificial meat". The meaning later shifted to "suitable".
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ngje | ŋ(r)aj | sacrifice to the deity of the soil (K) |
| ngje | ŋ(r)aj | proper; should |
說文解字
《說文》：“宜，所安也。从宀之下，一之上，多省聲。，古文宜。，亦古文宜。”
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)
Pictograph of a river.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsyhwen | t.l̥u[n] (MC -jwen is irregular) | stream, river |
說文解字
《說文》：“川，貫穿通流水也。《虞書》曰：‘濬巜距川’，言深巜之水會為川也。”
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)