Simplified
Components
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | riːʔ |
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
Depicts water (水) coming out of a crack in a rock.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dzjwen | s-N-ɢʷar (MC I!) | spring, source |
說文解字
《說文》：“泉，水原也。象水流出成川形。”
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)
Traditional
Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 豊 represents the sound. Originally written as 豊.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | lejX | [r]ˤijʔ | propriety, ceremony |
說文解字
《說文》：“禮，履也，所以事神致福也。从示、从豊，豊亦聲。，古文禮。”
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)