Simplified
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | xawX | qʰˤuʔ | good |
| xawH | qʰˤuʔ-s | love, like (v.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“好，美也。从女、子。”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Original meaning: horizontal beams on a carriage
Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "horizontal beams on a carriage". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | kreːwɢs | |
| kreːwɢ | ||
| Unicode | gàu |
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang