edit character approved 杏 — "Rollback GfM9H3aDvtgijvgZ3"
- Hint
- A open mouth 口, waiting for fruit to fall from the tree 木 → Depicts a fruit from a tree (木) that is delicious to taste (口).
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 木 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- 口 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- 木 Iconic
- Sources
- + 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.1734
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 杏 — "Rollback 8eyHEcaASGGKs7te3"
- Hint
- Depicts a fruit from a tree (木) that is delicious to taste (口). → A open mouth 口, waiting for fruit to fall from the tree 木
- Components
- 木 Meaning
- type: iconic → meaning
- 口 Meaning
- type: iconic → meaning
- 木 Meaning
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 杏 — "Added origin"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 向 represents the sound. → Depicts a fruit from a tree (木) that is delicious to taste (口).
- Components
- 木 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- + 口 Iconic
- - 向 SoundRemnant
- 木 Iconic
- Sources
- + 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.1734
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character rejected 杏 — "Edited etymology and component"
- Hint
- Depicts a fruit from a tree (木) that is delicious to taste (口). → Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 向 represents the sound.
- Components
- 木 Meaning
- type: iconic → meaning
- + 向 SoundRemnant
- - 口 Iconic
- 木 Meaning
Changed: hint, verified, components
Reviewer: "Likely not true. However, even though the two characters share the same finals in Old Chinese, there seems to be no existing evidence yet that 杏 contains an abberviated 向."