终究 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhōng end Simplified

Simplified form of 終. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 冬 represents the sound.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

冬 Sound Iconic component

dōng winter

Depicts a rope with knots at both ends

說文解字

龜名。从龜夂聲。夂，古文終字。

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jiū, jiu examine, scrutinize

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound.

Components

穴 Meaning component

xué, jué cave

九 Sound component

jiǔ nine

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjuwH	[k](r)u(ʔ)-s	scrutinize; go to the end

說文解字

《說文》：“究，窮也。从穴，九聲。”

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)

zhōng end Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 冬 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

冬 Sound Iconic component

dōng winter

Depicts a rope with knots at both ends

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyuwng	tuŋ	end

說文解字

《說文》：“終，絿絲也。从糸，冬聲。，古文終。”

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)

终 zhōng end Simplified

Components

說文解字

Sources

究 jiū, jiu examine, scrutinize

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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終 zhōng end Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

zhōng end Simplified

jiū, jiu examine, scrutinize

zhōng end Traditional