edit character approved 用 — "Accidentally forgot to remove sentence"
- Hint
- Depicts a bucket with a handle on the right side. Based on the original meaning "bucket". The current meaning "use" is a phonetic loan. The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "use". → Depicts a bucket with a handle on the right side. Based on the original meaning "bucket". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "use".
Changed: hint
edit character approved 用 — "Added source"
- Hint
- Depicts a bucket with a handle on the right side. Based on the original meaning "bucket". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "use". → Depicts a bucket with a handle on the right side. Based on the original meaning "bucket". The current meaning "use" is a phonetic loan. The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "use".
- Sources
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.253-254
- 漢語多功能字庫
- + 林志強《《文源》評注》p.367
Changed: hint, sources
edit character rejected 用 — "The connection between "bucket" and "use" was likely through an extension on meaning. According to Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, bucket --> tool => to use."
- Hint
- Depicts a bucket with a handle on the right side. Based on the original meaning "bucket". The current meaning "use" is a phonetic loan. → Depicts a bucket with a handle on the right side. Based on the original meaning "bucket". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "use".
Changed: hint
Reviewer: "This character likely wasn't a phonetic loan."
edit character approved 用 — "verify, add sources"
- Hint
- Depicts a bucket with a handle on the right side. Based on the original meaning "bucket". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "use". → Depicts a bucket with a handle on the right side. Based on the original meaning "bucket". The current meaning "use" is a phonetic loan.
- Sources
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.253-254
- 漢語多功能字庫
- - 林志強《《文源》評注》p.367
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, sources