Components

• + ◎ Iconic Depicts a jade object that has been carved.
• - 𱖆 Iconic

Changed: components

edit character by Prismcool Nov 3, 2024, 07:03 PM

Components

• + 𱖆 Iconic Depicts a jade object that has been carved.
• - ◎ Iconic

Changed: components

edit character by Prismcool Nov 3, 2024, 07:03 PM

Hint

Depicts a carved jade object, now written as 彫. The meaning later shifted to "circumference" and "cycle". Later the 口 component was added when 周 was used to refer to a geographical region to indicate that the character was only "mouthed", i.e. used for its sound. In simplified Chinese 周 is also used to mean "week", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 週. → Depicts a carved jade object, now written as 彫/琱. The meaning later shifted to "circumference" and "cycle". Later the 口 component was added when 周 was used to refer to a geographical region to indicate that the character was only "mouthed", i.e. used for its sound. In simplified Chinese 周 is also used to mean "week", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 週.

Changed: hint

edit character by Prismcool Nov 3, 2024, 06:47 PM

Hint

Originally depicted farmland. The meaning later shifted to "circumference" and "cycle". Later the 口 component was added when 周 was used to refer to a geographical region to indicate that the character was only "mouthed", i.e. used for its sound. In simplified Chinese 周 is also used to mean "week", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 週. → Depicts a carved jade object, now written as 彫. The meaning later shifted to "circumference" and "cycle". Later the 口 component was added when 周 was used to refer to a geographical region to indicate that the character was only "mouthed", i.e. used for its sound. In simplified Chinese 周 is also used to mean "week", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 週.

Original meaning

farmland → to carve jade

Components

• + ◎ Iconic Depicts a jade object that has been carved.
• - 田 Iconic

Sources

• 季旭昇《說文新證》p.99-100
• + 林志強《《文源》評注》p.134
• + 漢語多功能字庫

Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources

edit character by Prismcool Nov 3, 2024, 12:54 AM

Hint

Depicts a carved jade object, now written as 彫/琱. The meaning later shifted to "circumference" and "cycle". Later the 口 component was added when 周 was used to refer to a geographical region to indicate that the character was only "mouthed", i.e. used for its sound. In simplified Chinese 周 is also used to mean "week", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 週. → Originally depicted farmland. The meaning later shifted to "circumference" and "cycle". Later the 口 component was added when 周 was used to refer to a geographical region to indicate that the character was only "mouthed", i.e. used for its sound. In simplified Chinese 周 is also used to mean "week", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 週.

Original meaning

to carve jade → farmland

Components

• + 田 Iconic
• - ◎ Iconic

Strokes (simplified)

8 strokes

→

8 strokes

Source: animcjk → dong

Sources

• 季旭昇《說文新證》p.99-100
• - 林志強《《文源》評注》p.134
• - 漢語多功能字庫

Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

edit character by Peter Olson Jun 21, 2021, 09:01 PM