Original meaning: hillside
Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 可 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "hillside". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'a | qˤa[j] | slope, river bank |
| 'a | ʔˤa (< *qˤaj) | 阿會亘 ēhuìxuān: Skt. ābhāsvara “shining” (E. Hàn) |
說文解字
大陵也。一曰曲𨸏也。从𨸏可聲。
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- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
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- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Simplified
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Sound (0 of 1 verified)
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | mnel |
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- Unicode
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- Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Character Evolution
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | l'aːl | |
| Unicode | dhɑ |
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bjut | [b][u]t | great |
說文解字
《說文》：“佛，見不審也。从人，弗聲。”
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- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
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- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
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Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | mjie | m-nə[r] | to complete |
| mjieX | m-nə[r]ʔ | stop | |
| Zhengzhang | mnel | ||
| Unicode | miɛ |
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- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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- Academia Sinica