曲池穴 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qūchíxué

Quchi acupoint

qū, qǔ bent, crooked

Pictograph of a bent ruler or L-shaped tool.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khjowk	kʰ(r)ok	to bend

說文解字

《說文》：“曲，象器曲受物之形。或說，曲，蠶薄也。曲說文古文，古文曲。”

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)

chí pool

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

也 Sound component

yě also

Change in sound

池 and 也 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
池 *Cə.lraj
也 *lAjʔ

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drje	Cə.lraj	pool (n.)

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica

xué, jué cave

Pictograph of a cave opening.

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Meaning (15 of 47 verified)

空究穿窗穷窝窃窄窑帘窜窥窦窟窘窍窒窖穹窿邃窠窈窕窣窸窀窨窳窭穸窆窬竅窩竇窮竄窪窅窾穵窯竈窺竊屄 show all 47 show fewer

Iconic (4)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwet	[ɢ]ʷˤi[t]	cave, pit

說文解字

《說文》：“穴，土室也。从宀，八聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.605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)