edit character approved 死 — "added source"
edit character approved 死 — "Original meaning change"
- Hint
- Depicts using a digging tool (歹) to bury a person (人). Based on the original meaning "corpse", now written as 屍. The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "die". → Depicts using a digging tool (歹) to bury a person (人). Based on the original meaning "to bury a person". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "die".
- Original meaning
- corpse → to bury a person
Changed: hint, original meaning
edit character approved 死 — "Source "
edit character approved 死 — "Changed origin"
- Hint
- Depicts a person (人) mourning over a carcass (歹). → Depicts using a digging tool (歹) to bury a person (人). Based on the original meaning "corpse", now written as 屍. The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "die".
- Original meaning
- corpse
- Components
- 歹 Iconic
- hint: Depicts a carcass. → Depicts a digging tool.
- 歹 Iconic
- Sources
- + 張昂《說“死”“葬”》
- - 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources
edit character approved 死 — "verify, add source"
- Hint
- Depicts using a digging tool (歹) to bury a person (人). Based on the original meaning "to bury a person". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "die". → Depicts a person (人) mourning over a carcass (歹).
- Components
- 歹 Iconic
- hint: Depicts a digging tool. → Depicts a carcass.
- 歹 Iconic
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
- - 张昂《说“死”“葬”》
- - 廣韻形聲考
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources