鬓脚

鬓 bìn hair on temples Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 宾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鬢.

Components

髟
髟 Meaning component
biāo, piào, shān long hair
宾
宾 Sound component
bīn guest

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

脚 jiǎo leg Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 却 represents the sound. Simplified form of 腳.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

却
却 Sound component
què but

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjak[k]ak leg, foot

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

鬢 hair on temples Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 賓 represents the sound.

Components

髟
髟 Meaning component
biāo, piào, shān long hair
賓
賓 Sound component
bīn guest

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpins
Unicodebìn

說文解字

頰髮也。从髟賓聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

腳 jiǎo leg Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 卻 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

卻
卻 Sound component
què but

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjak[k]ak leg, foot

說文解字

《說文》：“腳，脛也。从肉，卻聲。”

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)