edit character approved 歹 — "弋"
- Hint
- Variant of 歺. Depicts a wooden post or digging tool with a cracked bottom. Similar to 才. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil". → Variant of 歺. Pictograph of a wooden post or digging tool with a cracked bottom. Similar to 才 and 弋. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil".
Changed: hint
edit character approved 歹 — "changed origin"
- Hint
- Variant of 歺. Depicts skeletal remains from a carcass. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil". → Variant of 歺. Depicts a wooden post or digging tool with a cracked bottom. Similar to 才. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil".
- Original meaning
- bone remnants → cracked wooden post
Changed: hint, original meaning, sources
edit character approved 歹 — "Added source"
- Hint
- Variant of 歺. Depicts a broken bone. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil". → Variant of 歺. Depicts skeletal remains from a carcass. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil".
- Sources
- 漢語多功能字庫
- 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2405
- + 林志強《《文源》評注》p.126
Changed: hint, sources
edit character approved 歹 — "Changed etymology"
- Gloss
- corpse, carcass → evil, bad
- Hint
- Variant of 歺. Depicts bones from a carcass. → Variant of 歺. Depicts a broken bone. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil".
- Original meaning
- bone remnants
- Sources
- 漢語多功能字庫
- + 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2405
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, sources
edit character approved 歹 — "carcass"
- Gloss
- vicious → corpse, carcass
- Hint
- Variant of 歺. Origin unclear. Possibly depicts bones from a carcass. → Variant of 歺. Depicts bones from a carcass.
Changed: gloss, hint
edit character approved 歹 — "verify, add source"
- Gloss
- evil, bad → vicious
- Hint
- Variant of 歺. Pictograph of a wooden post or digging tool with a cracked bottom. Similar to 才 and 弋. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil". → Variant of 歺. Origin unclear. Possibly depicts bones from a carcass.
Changed: gloss, hint, verified, sources