Original meaning: sob
Depicts water (水) coming from the eye (目). Based on the original meaning "sob", now written as 泣. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Character Evolution
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Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dop | m-rˤəp | reach to; and |
說文解字
《說文》：“眔，目相及也。从目，从隶省。”
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)