Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 殿 represents the sound. Originally written as 𡱒, which depicted a a person (尸) with their buttocks (𠂤) emphasized.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | duːn |
說文解字
《說文》：“，髀也。从尸下丌居几。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | gjiew | [ɡ]ew (failure to palatalize is unexplained) | long tail-feather; raise |
| Zhengzhang | ɡew | ||
| ɡews | |||
| Unicode | ghiɛu |
說文解字
尾長毛也。从羽堯聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)