Original meaning: to command
Originally written as 伇, which depicts a person (亻) being controlled by a weapon (殳). Based on the original meaning "to command". The meaning later shifted to "servant" and "service".
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Character Evolution
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Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ywek | ɢʷek | war expedition; service |
說文解字
《說文》：“役，戍邊也。从殳，从彳。，古文役从人。”
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)
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | trhjuwH | qʰ<r>uk-s | domesticated animals |
| trhjuwk | qʰ<r>uk | store (v.) | |
| xjuwH | qʰuk-s | domestic animal | |
| xjuwk | qʰuk | nourish | |
| Zhengzhang | l̥ʰuɡs | ||
| l̥ʰuɡ | |||
| hluɡ |
說文解字
田畜也。《淮南子》曰：“玄田爲畜。”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)