Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 典 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | thenX | tʰˤə[n]ʔ | thick, ample |
| Zhengzhang | tʰɯːnʔ |
說文解字
設膳腆腆多也。从肉典聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)