Phonosemantic compound. 𠫓 represents the meaning and ⺼ represents the sound. Originally written as 毓.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | yuwk | m-quk | breed, produce |
說文解字
養子使作善也。从𠫓肉聲。《虞書》曰：“教育子。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.974
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Simplified
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kaeX | Cə.kˤraʔ | borrow; false |
| kaeX | kˤraʔ | great |
說文解字
《說文》：“假，非真也。从人，叚聲。一曰至也。《虞書》曰：‘假于上下。’”
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)
Traditional
Original meaning: necklace
Depicts a woman (女) wearing shell ornaments (賏) around her neck. 賏 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "necklace". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "infant" or "baby".
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'jieng | ʔeŋ | surround; necklace |
| 'jieng | ʔeŋ | baby |
說文解字
《說文》：“嬰，頸飾也。从女、賏，賏，其連也。”
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)