Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | luH | Cə.rˤak-s | road |
說文解字
《說文》：“路，道也。从足，从各。”
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- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | l̥ʰoːs | |
| hljuɡ | ||
| Unicode | tòu |
說文解字
《說文新附》：“透，跳也；過也。从辵，秀聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
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- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Original meaning: god of soil
Originally depicted a god (礻) of the soil (土). The meaning later shifted to "shrine", "congregation", and "society".
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dzyaeX | m-tʰAʔ | sacrifice to the spirit of the soil |
說文解字
《說文》：“社，地主也。从示、土。《春秋傳》曰：‘共工之子句龍為社神。’《周禮》：‘二十五家為社，各樹其土所宜之木。’，古文社。”
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)