Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 旨 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsyij | kij | fat, grease |
| Zhengzhang | kji | ||
| Unicode | ji |
說文解字
戴角者脂，無角者膏。从肉旨聲。
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 | hwaen | C.ɢʷˤ<r>en | ring (n.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“環，璧也。肉好若一謂之環。从玉，睘聲。”
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)