Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | ɡreːʔ |
說文解字
郣澥，海之別也。从水解聲。一說：澥即澥谷也。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Depicts the leaves of a mulberry tree (木). The leaves from a mulberry tree were the food silkworms would eat.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | sang | [s]ˤaŋ | mulberry tree |
說文解字
《說文》：“桑，蠶所食葉木。从叒、木。”
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 a field.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | den | lˤiŋ | field; to hunt |
說文解字
《說文》：“田，陳也，樹穀曰田。象四口，十，阡陌之制也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.914
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)