Originally written as 屰, a pictograph of an upside-down person. The 辶 (walk) component was added later, representing a person walking in the wrong direction.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ngjaek | ŋrak | go against |
說文解字
《說文》：“逆，迎也。从辵，屰聲。關東曰逆，關西曰迎。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.147-148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: level
Originally depicted a rope wrapped around an arrow. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | yij | ləj | level, peaceful |
| yij | ləj | foreigner (especially to the east) |
說文解字
《說文》：“夷，平也。从大，从弓。東方之人也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.764-765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)