Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | bl'uː | |
| luː | ||
| Unicode | dhɑu |
說文解字
再成丘也，在濟陰。从𨸏匋聲。《夏書》曰：“東至于陶丘。”陶丘有堯城，堯嘗所居，故堯號陶唐氏。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Depicts a lump of dirt on the ground.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Meaning (51 of 186 verified)
Unknown (1)
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | thuX | tʰˤaʔ | earth |
說文解字
《說文》：“土，地之吐生物者也。二象地之下、地之中物出形也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.906
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)