泛指 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

fànzhǐ

refer generally

fàn to drift

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 乏 represents the sound. Simplified form of 氾.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

乏 Sound component

fá lack

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phjomH	pʰ(r)[o]m-s	to float
Zhengzhang		pʰoms
		bob
Unicode	piæ̀m

說文解字

浮也。从水乏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhǐ, zhí, zhī finger

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 旨 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

旨 Sound component

zhǐ purpose

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyijX	mə.kijʔ	finger; point

說文解字

《說文》：“指，手指也。从手，旨聲。”

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)

泛 fàn to drift

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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指 zhǐ, zhí, zhī finger

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

fàn to drift

zhǐ, zhí, zhī finger