頃
qǐng

a measure of area equal to 100 畝 (mu) ~ 6.7 hectares

Original meaning: to have an inclined head

Depicts a person (匕) with their head (頁) tilted or askew. Based on the original meaning "to have an inclined head", now written as 傾. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

匕
匕 Iconic component
bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)

Depicts a person.

頁
頁 Iconic component
yè (head), page

Depicts a tilted head.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

傾

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhjwiengX[k]ʷʰeŋʔ interval, short while

說文解字

《說文》：“頃，頭不正也。从匕，从頁。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫zi.tools黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2133
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

顷 qǐng a measure of area equal to 100 畝 (mu) ~ 6.7 hectares Simplified

Original meaning: to have an inclined head

Simplified form of 頃. Depicts a person (匕) with their head (页) tilted or askew. Based on the original meaning "to have an inclined head", now written as 倾. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

匕
匕 Iconic component
bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)

Depicts a person.

页
页 Iconic component
yè page

Depicts a tilted head.

Component uses

Sound (1)

倾

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫zi.tools黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2133
Readings & variants
Unicode