Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dewX | lˤ[e]wʔ | 窈窕 beautiful |
| Zhengzhang | l'eːwʔ | ||
| Unicode | dhěu |
說文解字
深肆極也。从穴兆聲。讀若挑。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | khjieng | [kʰ]eŋ (no palatalization before *-eŋ?) | light (≠ heavy) |
說文解字
《說文》：“輕，輕車也。从車，巠聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫Chinese Text Project
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)