Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kan | s.kˤa[r] | liver |
| Zhengzhang | kaːn | ||
| Unicode | gɑn |
說文解字
木藏也。从肉干聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)