Simplified
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | sjet | s-lat | leak, ooze |
| yejH | lat-s | leak, ooze | |
| Zhengzhang | lebs | ||
| sled | |||
| Unicode | siɛt |
說文解字
水。受九江博安洵波，北入氐。从水丗聲。
Sources
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- Unicode
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- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Original meaning: grain
Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 厶 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "grain". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | sij | [s]əj | private |
說文解字
《說文》：“私，禾也。从禾，厶聲。北道名禾主人曰私主人。”
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)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bjunX | [b]urʔ | unhappy |
| Zhengzhang | bɯnʔ | ||
| Unicode | bhiə̌n |
說文解字
懣也。从心賁聲。
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- Readings & variants
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- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)