Depicts top and bottom teeth touching each other.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ngae | m-ɢˤ<r>a | tooth |
說文解字
《說文》：“牙，牡齒也。象上下相錯之形。，古文牙。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.139-140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)
Depicts a hand (又) offering meat (⺼) as a sacrifice. 示 is a meaning component commonly used in spiritual-related characters.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsjejH | [ts]et-s | sacrifice |
| tsreajH | [ts](ˤ)re[t]-s | (name of a state) |
說文解字
《說文》：“祭，祭祀也。从示，以手持肉。”
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)