chéng

assist, deputy

  • edit character approved — "loan" by Prismcool
    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.

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  • edit character approved — "tweaked etymology" by Prismcool
    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

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  • edit character approved — "Changed etymology " by Prismcool
    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
    • Iconic
      • hint: Depicts two hands. (empty)
    • Iconic
      • hint: Depicts a kneeling person. (empty)
    Sources

    Changed: hint, components, sources

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  • edit character approved — "Forgot to add the 凵 component when looking up etymology of this character." by Prismcool
    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
    • Iconic
      • hint: Depicts a person kneeling. Depicts a kneeling person.
    • + Iconic Depicts a pit.
    • - Iconic

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  • edit character approved — "Added etymology to this character based on explanation by Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters." by Prismcool
    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
    • Iconic
      • hint: (empty) Depicts two hands.
    • Iconic
      • hint: (empty) Depicts a person kneeling.
    • + Iconic Depicts a pit.
    • - 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

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    approved by Peter Olson