Original meaning: chisel
Pictograph of a chisel-like tool. The meaning later shifted to "hard" and "laborious".
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | sin | [s]i[n] | pungent; painful |
| sin | si[n] | 8th heavenly stem |
說文解字
《說文》：“辛，秋時萬物成而孰。金剛味辛，辛痛即泣出。从一，从。，辠也。辛承庚，象人股。”
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)
Original meaning: roots
Depicts roots of a plant. Based on the original meaning "roots", now written as 荄. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hojX | [g]ˤəʔ | 12th earthly branch |
說文解字
《說文》：“亥，荄也。十月微陽起，接盛陰。从，，古文上字，一人男，一人女也。从乙，象褢子咳咳之形。《春秋傳》曰：‘亥有二首六身’。 ，古文。亥為豕，與豕同。亥而生子，復從一起。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.986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)