Originally written as 夭, depicting a person swaying their arms (夭) while walking quickly. The foot component 止 was added later.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsuwX | [ts]ˤoʔ | run |
說文解字
《說文》：“走，趨也。从夭、止，夭止者，屈也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.108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)
Simplified
Traditional
Original meaning: grind stone
Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "grind stone", which later shifted to "mix", "be in disorder", and "wrong".
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tshak | [tsʰ]ˤak | slanting |
說文解字
《說文》：“錯，金涂也。从金，昔聲。”
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)