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)
Similar to 木 (tree), with an extra line at the top. Depicts the top end of a tree.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | mat | mˤat | end of a branch |
說文解字
《說文》：“末，木上曰末。从木，一在其上。”
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)