Original meaning: tip of a blade
Depicts the tip of a knife blade (刀). Similar in origin to 方. Based on the original meaning "tip of a blade", now written as 芒. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | mjang | maŋ | flee; disappear; die |
說文解字
《說文》：“亡，逃也。从入，从。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.871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)
Traditional
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Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | run |
說文解字
小波爲淪。从水侖聲。《詩》曰：“河水清且淪漪。”一曰没也。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)