Simplified
Components
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | daːn |
| daːn |
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
Original meaning: demarcate land boundaries
Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "demarcate land boundaries". The meaning later shifted to "outline" and "approximately".
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ljak | [r]ak | draw a boundary; outline |
說文解字
《說文》：“略，經略土地也。从田，各聲。”
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)
Traditional
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 詹 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tamX | [t]ˤamʔ | gall |
| Zhengzhang | taːmʔ | ||
| Unicode | dɑ̌m |
說文解字
連肝之府。从肉詹聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)