Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 北 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bwojH | m-pˤək-s | turn the back on |
| pwojH | pˤək-s | the back |
說文解字
《說文》：“背，也。从肉，北聲。”
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)
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kij | krə[j] | flesh |
| Zhengzhang | kril | ||
| Unicode | gyi |
說文解字
肉也。从肉几聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang 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 | khwat | [k]ʰˤot | 契闊 khet.khwat hard-working (Ode 31.4) |
| khwat | [k]ʷʰˤat | widely apart | |
| Zhengzhang | kʰoːd | ||
| Unicode | kuɑt |
說文解字
䟽也。从門𣴠聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)