Original meaning: exhale, shout
Same origin as 乎. Depicts wind rustling through a tree branch (丂). Based on the original meaning "exhale, shout". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hej | gˤe | (final particle) |
說文解字
《說文》：“兮，語所稽也。从丂、八，象气越亏也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.392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)