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apricot

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rejected by Hsmq · Jan 31, 2025, 06:20 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Feb 4, 2025, 10:57 PM

Edited etymology and component

Review: 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.

Changed fields: hint, isVerified, components

Phonosemantic compound.  represents the meaning and  represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
SoundRemnant component

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthaengXC.[g]ˤraŋʔ apricot (tree)

說文解字

《說文》:“杏,果也。从木,可省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.1734
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica