Phonosemantic compound. 啚 represents the sound and ⻏ represents the meaning. Originally written as 啚.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pijX | prəʔ | border town |
說文解字
《說文》：“啚，嗇也。从囗、。，受也。，古文啚如此。”
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)