Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 同 represents the sound. Originally written as 同.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | duwng | lˤoŋ | tube |
| Zhengzhang | doːŋ | ||
| doːŋs | |||
| Unicode | dhung |
說文解字
通簫也。从竹同聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Depicts a utensil for writing (聿) made from bamboo (⺮).
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pit | p.[r]ut (borrowed as *prut from Qín dialect) | writing brush |
說文解字
《說文》：“筆，秦謂之筆。从聿，从竹。”
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)