edit character approved 冥 — "Rollback 9mJebFRaZirzcQCYA"
- Hint
- The sun 日, covered 冖, with 六 providing the pronunciation → Depicts two hands (𠬜) opening a woman's legs with a baby's head protruding out of it. Based on the original meaning "to give birth to a child", now written as 娩. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- + ◎ Iconic Depicts a baby's head.
- + 𠬜 Iconic Depicts two hands facing away from each other. Modern form looks like 六.
- - 冖 Meaning
- - 日 Meaning
- - 六 Meaning
- Sources
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 冥 — "Rollback WJKG6XQCAJa6GGg5Q"
- Hint
- Depicts two hands (𠬜) opening a woman's legs with a baby's head protruding out of it. Based on the original meaning "to give birth to a child", now written as 娩. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → The sun 日, covered 冖, with 六 providing the pronunciation
- Components
- + 冖 Meaning
- + 日 Meaning
- + 六 Meaning
- - ◎ Iconic
- - 𠬜 Iconic
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 冥 — "Replaced source w/ web version"
Changed: sources
edit character approved 冥 — "Changed etymology"
- Hint
- Depicts a cover (冖/宀) over the sun (日). 宀 also provides the pronunciation. The purpose of the bottom 六 component is unclear. → Depicts two hands (𠬜) opening a woman's legs with a baby's head protruding out of it. Based on the original meaning "to give birth to a child", now written as 娩. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Original meaning
- to give birth to a child
- Components
- + ◎ Iconic Depicts a baby's head.
- + 𠬜 Iconic Depicts two hands facing away from each other. Modern form looks like 六.
- - 宀 SoundIconic
- - 日 Iconic
- - 六 Unknown
- Sources
- + Этимология китайских иероглифов
- + 漢語多功能字庫
- - 季旭昇《說文新證》p.544-545
Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources
edit character approved 冥 — "fix typo"
- Hint
- Depicts a cover (冖/宀) over the sum (日). 宀 also provides the pronunciation. The purpose of the bottom 六 component is unclear. → Depicts a cover (冖/宀) over the sun (日). 宀 also provides the pronunciation. The purpose of the bottom 六 component is unclear.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 冥 — "add explanation"
- Hint
- Depicts two hands (𠬜) opening a woman's legs with a baby's head protruding out of it. Based on the original meaning "to give birth to a child", now written as 娩. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Depicts a cover (冖/宀) over the sum (日). 宀 also provides the pronunciation. The purpose of the bottom 六 component is unclear.
- Components
- + 宀 SoundIconic
- + 日 Iconic
- + 六 Unknown Originally written as 大.
- - ◎ Iconic
- - 𠬜 Iconic
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.544-545
- - 漢語多功能字庫
- - Этимология китайских иероглифов
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources