Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | xwoj | m̥ˤə | ashes |
說文解字
《說文》：“灰，死火餘也。从火，从又。又，手也。火既滅，可以執持。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.890
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Original meaning: melon seeds
Phonosemantic compound. 瓜 represents the meaning and 辡 represents the sound. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | breːns |
說文解字
《說文》：“瓣，瓜中實。从瓜，辡聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | ɢʷid |
說文解字
知天將雨鳥也。从鳥矞聲。《禮記》曰：“知天文者冠鷸。”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)