Original meaning: shred sacrificial meat
Phonosemantic compound. 隓 represents the sound and ⺼ represents the meaning.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | xjwieH | l̥oj-s (W. dialect: *l̥- > x-) | shred sacrificial meat |
| dwaX | lˤojʔ | to fall | |
| dwaX | lˤojʔ | to fall | |
| zjwe | sə.loj | (place name) | |
| sjweH | s-loj-s | shred sacrificial meat | |
| thwaX | l̥ˤojʔ | shred sacrificial meat |
說文解字
《說文》：“隋，裂肉也。从肉，从隓省。”
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)
Original meaning: early morning
Depicts the early part of morning when the sun (日) can still be seen on the horizon between blades of grass (艸), and the moon (月) is still in the sky. Based on the original meaning "early morning". The meaning later shifted to "morning audience at court", "facing", "royal court", and "dynasty".
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | drjew | m-t<r>aw | (morning) audience at court |
| trjew | t<r>aw | morning |
說文解字
《說文》：“朝，旦也。从倝，舟聲。”
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)