有顷
yǒu​qǐng

briefly

有 yǒu have

Depicts a hand (又) holding meat (肉). In Oracle script this character was written the same as the phonetically similar 又, but later the 肉 component was added to distinguish them.

Components

又
又 SoundIconic component
yòu hand
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 又 than it was in ancient scripts.
肉
肉 Iconic component
ròu meat

Deceptively similar but unrelated to the character for moon (月).

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 肉 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 9 verified)

郁囿宥鲔侑铕洧鮪迶

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

贿賄

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthjuwX[ɢ]ʷəʔ have, exist

說文解字

《說文》：“有，不宜有也。《春秋傳》曰：‘日月有食之。’从月，又聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.550
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

顷 qǐng a measure of area equal to 100 畝 (mu) ~ 6.7 hectares Simplified

Original meaning: to have an inclined head

Simplified form of 頃. Depicts a person (匕) with their head (页) tilted or askew. Based on the original meaning "to have an inclined head", now written as 倾. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

匕
匕 Iconic component
bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)

Depicts a person.

页
页 Iconic component
yè page

Depicts a tilted head.

Component uses

Sound (1)

倾

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫zi.tools黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2133
Readings & variants
Unicode

頃 qǐng a measure of area equal to 100 畝 (mu) ~ 6.7 hectares Traditional

Original meaning: to have an inclined head

Depicts a person (匕) with their head (頁) tilted or askew. Based on the original meaning "to have an inclined head", now written as 傾. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

匕
匕 Iconic component
bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)

Depicts a person.

頁
頁 Iconic component
yè (head), page

Depicts a tilted head.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

傾

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhjwiengX[k]ʷʰeŋʔ interval, short while

說文解字

《說文》：“頃，頭不正也。从匕，从頁。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫zi.tools黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2133
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)