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: press down
Depicts a kneeling person (卩) being pushed down by a hand (爪). Based on the original meaning "press down", now written as 抑. The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | srik | s.rək | color; countenance |
說文解字
《說文》：“色，顏气也。从人，从卪。，古文。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.711-712
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)