竺乾 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

Zhúqián

Buddha

zhú, dǔ India

A kind 二 of bamboo ⺮; ⺮ also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺮ Sound Meaning component

zhú bamboo

二 Meaning component

èr two

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	tuːɡ
	tuːɡ
	tuɡ

說文解字

厚也。从二竹聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

qián dry

倝 is used to represent the sound. 乙 is a distinguishing stroke.

Components

倝 Sound component

gàn sunrise

乙 Distinguishing component

yǐ second

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kan	[k]ˤar	dry
	gjen	[g](r)ar	heaven; heavenly

說文解字

《說文》：“乾，上出也。从乙。乙，物之達也。倝聲。，籀文乾。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.959-960
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)