Pictograph of an old person with long hair bent over and leaning on a cane.
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | lawX | C.rˤuʔ | old |
說文解字
《說文》：“老，考也。七十曰老。从人、毛、匕。言須髮變白也。”
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Original meaning: to lie down
Depicts a person (亻) lying down next to a dog (犬). The meaning later shifted to "crouch".
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|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bjuwH | [b]ək-s | hatch (v.) |
| bjuwk | [b]ək | lie prostrate |
說文解字
《說文》：“伏，司也。从人，从犬。”
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Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 之 represents the sound. In simplified Chinese 志 is also used to mean "write down, record", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 誌.
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| Baxter-Sagart | tsyiH | tə-s | goal, intention, aspiration |
說文解字
《說文》：“志，意也。从心，之聲。”
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| Baxter-Sagart | dzojX | [dz]ˤəʔ | be at, be present |
說文解字
《說文》：“在，存也。从土，才聲。”
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- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.908
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| Baxter-Sagart | tshen | s.n̥ˤi[ŋ] | thousand |
說文解字
《說文》：“千，十百也。从十，从人。”
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A village (里) is an area of land (土) where people have fields (田). In simplified Chinese 里 is also used to mean "inside", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 裡.
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| Baxter-Sagart | liX | (mə.)rəʔ | li (measure of distance); village |
說文解字
《說文》：“里，居也。从田，从土。”
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- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.913
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | krɯls | |
| Unicode | gyì |
說文解字
千里馬也，孫陽所相者。从馬冀聲。天水有驥縣。
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Traditional
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | reːɡ | |
| Unicode | lek |
說文解字
櫪㯕，椑指也。从木歴聲。
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