𡈼
tǐngtíngzhēng

stand upright

Pictograph of a person (亻) standing upright on the ground (土).

Components

亻
亻 Iconic component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

土
土 Iconic component
tǔ earth

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (4)

Iconic (2)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthengXl̥ ˤeŋʔgood (Shuōwén)
Zhengzhangl̥ʰeːŋʔ

說文解字

《說文》:“,善也。从人士;士,事也。一曰象物出地挺生也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica