Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ʔju | qʷ(r)a | astray; far |
| hju | [ɢ]ʷ(r)a | bend, deflect; far away | |
| Zhengzhang | qʷa | ||
| qʷaʔ | |||
| ɢʷa |
說文解字
避也。从辵于聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Depicts water rotating around in a circle.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hwoj | [ɢ]ʷˤəj | go around |
說文解字
《說文》：“回，轉也。从囗，中象回轉形。囘，古文。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.515-516
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Depicts a running person (夭) with more than one 止 (foot) components to indicate faster movement. Similar in origin to 走.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Sound (0 of 1 verified)
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pwon | pˤur | run (v.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“奔，走也。从夭，賁省聲。與走同意，俱从夭。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.768
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Original meaning: putting on extra clothing
Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 龖 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | zip | sə-l[ə]p | repeat; additional robe |
| zip | sə.l[ə]p | surprise attack |
說文解字
《說文》：“襲，左衽袍。从衣，龖省聲。，籀文襲不省。”
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)