Hint

Depicts a succession of chariots. The meaning later extended from "continue" to "further", "more", "alternate", "replace", and "change". Its historical form 㪅 was confused with 𠓥 (whip). → Depicts using a whip (攴) to control a succession of chariots (丙). 丙 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "continue; succession". The meaning later shifted to "further" and "more".

Original meaning

continue → continue; succession

Components

• 攴 Iconic
  • hint: Originally absent, this component appeared without changing the meaning as 辶 (movement) or 攴 (tap), then 又 (hand) or 攴, with 攴 becoming most common. → Depicts a hand holding a whip.
  • type: meaning → iconic
  • isGlyphChanged: false → true
• 丙 SoundIconic
  • hint: The pair of chariots later merged becoming the unrelated but visually and phonetically similar 丙 (pedestal), which itself became merged with the other component. → Used here to depict a chariot.
  • isGlyphChanged: false → true

Sources

• 漢語多功能字庫
• 季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.241
• - 李学勤 《字源》 p.254
• - The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters

Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources

edit character by inralback19 Feb 14, 2026, 01:55 PM

Hint

Depicts using a whip (攴) to control a succession of chariots (丙). 丙 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "continue; succession". The meaning later shifted to "further" and "more". → Depicts a succession of chariots. The meaning later extended from "continue" to "further", "more", "alternate", "replace", and "change". Its historical form 㪅 was confused with 𠓥 (whip).

Original meaning

continue; succession → continue

Components

• 攴 Meaning
  • hint: Depicts a hand holding a whip. → Originally absent, this component appeared without changing the meaning as 辶 (movement) or 攴 (tap), then 又 (hand) or 攴, with 攴 becoming most common.
  • type: iconic → meaning
  • isGlyphChanged: true → false
• 丙 SoundIconic
  • hint: Used here to depict a chariot. → The pair of chariots later merged becoming the unrelated but visually and phonetically similar 丙 (pedestal), which itself became merged with the other component.
  • isGlyphChanged: true → false

Sources

• 漢語多功能字庫
• 季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.241
• + 李学勤 《字源》 p.254
• + The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters

Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources

edit character by inralback19 Feb 14, 2026, 01:55 PM

Hint

Depicts a succession of chariots being controlled by a whip (攴). Based on the original meaning "continue". The meaning later shifted to "further", "more", "alternate", "replace", and "change". → Depicts using a whip (攴) to control a succession of chariots (丙). 丙 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "continue; succession". The meaning later shifted to "further" and "more".

Original meaning

continue → continue; succession

Components

• 丙 SoundIconic
  • isGlyphChanged: false → true

Sources

• 漢語多功能字庫
• 季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.241
• - 李学勤 《字源》 p.254
• - The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters

Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources

edit character by Prismcool Jul 8, 2024, 05:05 AM

Components

• 攴 Iconic
  • hint: This component was added later into the character to reinforce the idea of controlling chariots. Depicts a hand holding a whip. → Depicts a hand holding a whip.
• 丙 SoundIconic
  • hint: Originally depicted a chariot. Later corrupted into sound component. → Used here to depict a chariot.

Changed: components

edit character by Prismcool Dec 28, 2023, 04:52 AM

Hint

Depicts a succession of chariots being controlled by a whip (攴）. Based on the original meaning "continue". The meaning later shifted to "further", "more", "alternate", "replace", and "change". → Depicts a succession of chariots being controlled by a whip (攴). Based on the original meaning "continue". The meaning later shifted to "further", "more", "alternate", "replace", and "change".

Components

• + 丙 SoundIconic Originally depicted a chariot. Later corrupted into sound component.
• - ◎ SoundIconic

Changed: hint, components

edit character by Prismcool Nov 14, 2023, 05:10 AM

Hint

Depicts a succession of chariots. The meaning later extended from "continue" to "further", "more", "alternate", "replace", and "change". Its historical form 㪅 was confused with 𠓥 (whip). → Depicts a succession of chariots being controlled by a whip (攴）. Based on the original meaning "continue". The meaning later shifted to "further", "more", "alternate", "replace", and "change".

Components

• 攴 Iconic
  • hint: Originally absent, this component appeared without changing the meaning as 辶 (movement) or 攴 (tap), then 又 (hand) or 攴, with 攴 becoming most common. → This component was added later into the character to reinforce the idea of controlling chariots. Depicts a hand holding a whip.
  • type: meaning → iconic
  • isGlyphChanged: false → true
• + ◎ SoundIconic Originally depicted a chariot. Later corrupted into sound component 丙.
• - 丙 SoundIconic

Changed: hint, components

edit character by Prismcool Nov 14, 2023, 05:10 AM

Hint

Phonosemantic compound. 攴 represents the meaning and 丙 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "whip", now written as 鞭. The meaning later shifted to "change" and "more". → Depicts a succession of chariots. The meaning later extended from "continue" to "further", "more", "alternate", "replace", and "change". Its historical form 㪅 was confused with 𠓥 (whip).

Original meaning

whip → continue

Components

• 攴 Meaning
  • hint: (empty) → Originally absent, this component appeared without changing the meaning as 辶 (movement) or 攴 (tap), then 又 (hand) or 攴, with 攴 becoming most common.
• 丙 SoundIconic
  • hint: The pronunciation of 更 was similar to 丙 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. → The pair of chariots later merged becoming the unrelated but visually and phonetically similar 丙 (pedestal), which itself became merged with the other component.
  • type: sound → sound, iconic
  • isOldPronunciation: (empty) → true

Sources

• 漢語多功能字庫
• + 季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.241
• + 李学勤 《字源》 p.254
• + The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters

Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources

edit character by cochleoid Jun 14, 2022, 09:23 PM

Hint

Depicts using a whip (攴) to control a succession of chariots (丙). 丙 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "continue; succession". The meaning later shifted to "further" and "more". → Phonosemantic compound. 攴 represents the meaning and 丙 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "whip", now written as 鞭. The meaning later shifted to "change" and "more".

Original meaning

continue; succession → whip

Sources

• 漢語多功能字庫
• - 季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.241

Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, sources

edit character by Peter Olson May 17, 2021, 09:30 PM