冥
míng

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  • edit character approved 冥 — "Rollback 9mJebFRaZirzcQCYA" by inralback19
    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

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    edit character by inralback19

  • edit character approved 冥 — "Rollback WJKG6XQCAJa6GGg5Q" by inralback19
    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

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  • edit character approved 冥 — "Replaced source w/ web version" by Prismcool
  • edit character approved 冥 — "Changed etymology" by Prismcool
    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

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    edit character by Prismcool

  • edit character approved 冥 — "fix typo" by Peter Olson
    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.

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    edit character by Peter Olson

  • edit character approved 冥 — "add explanation" by Peter Olson
    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

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources

    edit character by Peter Olson