edit character approved 丞 — "loan"
- Gloss
- assist → assist, deputy
- Hint
- Depicts using two hands (廾) to rescue a person (卩) trapped in a pit (凵). → Depicts using two hands (廾) to rescue a person (卩) trapped in a pit (凵). Original form of 拯. The modern meaning "deputy" is a phonetic loan.
Changed: gloss, hint
edit character approved 丞 — "tweaked etymology"
- Hint
- Depicts two hands (廾) rescuing a person (卩) trapped in a pit (凵). → Depicts using two hands (廾) to rescue a person (卩) trapped in a pit (凵).
- Sources
- 漢語多功能字庫
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.173
Changed: hint, sources
edit character approved 丞 — "Changed etymology "
- Hint
- Depicts two hands (廾) rescuing a person (卩) that had just fallen into a pit (凵). → Depicts two hands (廾) rescuing a person (卩) trapped in a pit (凵).
- Components
- 廾 Iconic
- hint: Depicts two hands. → (empty)
- 卩 Iconic
- hint: Depicts a kneeling person. → (empty)
- 廾 Iconic
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
- - The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
Changed: hint, components, sources
edit character approved 丞 — "Forgot to add the 凵 component when looking up etymology of this character."
- Hint
- Depicts two hands (廾) rescuing a person (卩) that had just fallen into a pit. → Depicts two hands (廾) rescuing a person (卩) that had just fallen into a pit (凵).
- Components
- 卩 Iconic
- hint: Depicts a person kneeling. → Depicts a kneeling person.
- + 凵 Iconic Depicts a pit.
- - ◎ Iconic
- 卩 Iconic
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 丞 — "Added etymology to this character based on explanation by Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters."
- Hint
- Depicts using two hands (廾) to rescue a person (卩) trapped in a pit (凵). Original form of 拯. The modern meaning "deputy" is a phonetic loan. → Depicts two hands (廾) rescuing a person (卩) that had just fallen into a pit.
- Components
- 廾 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → Depicts two hands.
- 卩 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → Depicts a person kneeling.
- + ◎ Iconic Depicts a pit.
- - 凵 Iconic
- 廾 Iconic
- Strokes (simplified)
- 6 strokes→6 strokes
Source: animcjk → dong
- Sources
- + The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
- - 漢語多功能字庫
- - 季旭昇《說文新證》p.173
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images