裂痕 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

lièhén HSK7

crack

liè split

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 列 represents the sound.

Components

衣 Meaning component

yī clothes

列 Sound component

liè arrange

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljet	[r]at	to cut, split
Zhengzhang		red
Unicode	liɛt

說文解字

繒餘也。从衣𠛱聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

hén scar

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components

疒 Meaning component

nè sick

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ɡɯːn
Unicode	hən

說文解字

胝瘢也。从疒艮聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)