Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 星 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | seːŋ | |
| seːŋs | ||
| Unicode | seng |
說文解字
星見食豕，令肉中生小息肉也。从肉从星，星亦聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsyhuwH | t-qʰu(ʔ)-s | odor, to stink (intransitive)? |
| xjuwH | qʰu(ʔ)-s | odor, to stink (intransitive)? |
說文解字
《說文》：“臭，禽走臭而知其迹者，犬也。从犬，从自。”
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)