Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | gju | [ɡ]ʷ(r)a | a kind of lance |
| Zhengzhang | kʷas | ||
| ɡʷa | |||
| Unicode | ghio |
說文解字
鷹隼之視也。从隹从䀠，䀠亦聲。凡瞿之屬皆从瞿。讀若章句之句。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Originally a pictograph of a cricket, since cricket chirps indicate the beginning of autumn. Later the character was reanalyzed as 禾 (grain) + 火 (fire).
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tshjuw | tsʰiw | autumn; crop |
說文解字
《說文》：“秋，禾穀孰也。从禾，省聲。，籀文不省。”
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)
Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a thumb or a person's face.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | baek | bˤrak | white |
說文解字
《說文》：“白，西方色也。陰用事，物色白。从入合二。二，陰數。，古文白。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.625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)