Combination of two trees (木).
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | lim | [r]əm | forest |
說文解字
《說文》：“林，平土有叢木曰林。从二木。”
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)
Simplified
Depicts a growing plant with leaves.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | pʰoŋ |
說文解字
《說文》：“丰，艸盛丰丰也。从生，上下達也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Original meaning: to attack (an enemy)
Depicts a foot (止) going out towards city walls (丁). 丁 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to attack (an enemy)", now written as 征. The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "correct".
Components
Depicts city walls.
Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 丁 than it was in ancient scripts.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsyeng | C.teŋ | 1st (month) |
| tsyengH | teŋ-s | correct (adj., v.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“正，是也。从止，一以止。，古文正，从二，二，古上字。，古文正，从一、足，足者，亦止也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.120
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Original meaning: loud full sound
Depicts a loud "feng feng" (丰) sound coming from a large drum (壴). Based on the original meaning "loud full sound", which later shifted to "great" and "abundant".
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | phjowng | pʰ(r)oŋ | luxuriant, abundant (K) |
| phjowng | pʰ(r)oŋ | luxuriant, abundant (K) | |
| phjowng | pʰ(r)oŋ | a kind of ritual vessel | |
| phjuwng | pʰ(r)oŋ (MC F!) | kind of ritual vessel |
說文解字
《說文》：“豐，豆之豐滿者也。从豆，象形。一曰鄉飲酒有豐侯者。，古文豐。”
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)