Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | drim | C.[d]r[ə]m (~ *m-lr[ə]m) | sink (v.t.) |
| drim | [d]r[ə]m (~ *m-lr[ə]m) | sink (v.i.) | |
| drim | [d]r[ə]m | sacrifice in which gifts are sunk in water | |
| drimH | [d]r[ə]m-s | sacrifice in which gifts are sunk in water | |
| syimX | [s.t][ə]mʔ | (name of a state) |
說文解字
《說文》：“沈，陵上滈水也。从水，冘聲。一曰濁黕也。”
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)
Pictograph of two hills.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | khjuw | [k]ʷʰə | hill, mound |
說文解字
《說文》：“丘，土之高也，非人所為也。从北，从一。一，地也。人居在丘南，故从北。中邦之居在崐崘東南。一曰四方高中央下為丘。象形。，古文从土。”
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)