Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hwæng | C.ɡʷˤraŋ | crosswise; horizontal |
| Zhengzhang | ɡʷraːŋ | ||
| ɡʷraːŋs | |||
| kʷaːŋ | |||
| Unicode | huæng | ||
| guɑ̀ng |
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
Traditional
Original meaning: servant
Phonosemantic compound. 臤 represents the meaning and 豆 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "servant". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dzyuX | [d]oʔ | palace attendant; young man |
說文解字
《說文》：“豎，豎立也。从臤，豆聲。豎，籀文豎从殳。”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)