pēi​rǔ

endosperm

pēi embryo

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

Sound component
great

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰɯː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

breast, milk

Depicts a mother holding () a child () breastfeeding it.

Components

Iconic component
zhǎo hand, claw

is a component form of . Depicts a hand.

Iconic component
zi, zǐ child
Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts a mother breastfeeding.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyuXnoʔ milk; nipple

說文解字

《說文》:“乳,人及鳥生子曰乳,獸曰產。从孚,从乙。乙者,玄鳥也。《明堂》、《月令》:‘玄鳥至之日,祠于高禖以請子。’故乳从乙。請子必以乙至之日者,乙春分來,秋分去,開生之候鳥,帝少昊司分之官也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica