Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | syuw | s-kiw | collect; harvest |
說文解字
《說文》:“收,捕也。从攴,丩聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
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- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Original meaning: overflow
Depicts water (水) filling up a container (皿). Based on the original meaning "overflow", now written as 溢. The meaning later shifted to "increase" and "benefit".
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'jiek | q[i]k (dialect: *-ik > *-ek) | increase |
說文解字
《說文》:“益,饒也。从水、皿。皿,益之意也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | trjangH | traŋ-s | curtain |
| Zhengzhang | taŋs | ||
| Unicode | djiɑ̀ng |
說文解字
張也。从巾長聲。
Sources
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- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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- Academia Sinica
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Traditional
Pictograph of a door, similar to the left half of 門.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | huX | m-qˤaʔ | to stop, to check |
| huX | m-qˤaʔ | door |
說文解字
《說文》:“戶,護也。半門曰戶,象形。,古文戶从木。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.833
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
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