Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsyoX | [t]aʔ | boil, cook |
說文解字
《說文》：“，孚也。从，者聲。煮，或从火；，或从水在其中。”
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- 漢語多功能字庫
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Original meaning: vessel with a neck
Pictograph of a stemmed bowl. Based on the original meaning "vessel with a neck". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | duwH | [N.t]ˤo-s | bean |
| duwH | [d]ˤok-s | vessel with a neck |
說文解字
《說文》：“豆，古食肉器也。从口，象形。，古文豆。”
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- 漢語多功能字庫
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Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | nyen | C.na[n] | burn |
說文解字
《說文》：“然，燒也。从火，肰聲。，或从艸、難。”
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Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | kɯ |
| ɡɯ |
說文解字
豆莖也。从艸其聲。
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- Zhengzhang Shangfang
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