癸
guǐ

10th heavenly stem

  • edit character approved 癸 — "Added origin" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Origin unclear. Various explanations include (1) a pictograph of a type of ancient weapon, which could be the original form of 戣, (2) pictograph of four leaves growing opposite from each other or the head of a sunflower, which could be the original form of 葵, or (3) pictograph of two arrows intersecting each other. Either way, the original form is unrelated to the current meaning. → Possibly depicts a type of ancient weapon with three points on it. Based on the original meaning "a type of weapon", now written as 戣. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
    Original meaning
    a type of weapon
    Sources

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  • edit character approved 癸 — "Changed to unknown origin." by Prismcool
    Hint
    Possibly a pictograph of four leaves growing opposite from each other or the large head of a sunflower. Based on the original meaning "sunflower", now written as 葵. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The character later corrupted into unrelated components 癶 and 天. → Origin unclear. Various explanations include (1) a pictograph of a type of ancient weapon, which could be the original form of 戣, (2) pictograph of four leaves growing opposite from each other or the head of a sunflower, which could be the original form of 葵, or (3) pictograph of two arrows intersecting each other. Either way, the original form is unrelated to the current meaning.
    Original meaning
    sunflower → (empty)
    Sources

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  • edit character approved 癸 — "Edited info" by Prismcool
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    Possibly a pictograph of four leaves growing together or the large head of a sunflower. Based on the original meaning "sunflower", now written as 葵. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The character later corrupted into unrelated components 癶 and 天. → Possibly a pictograph of four leaves growing opposite from each other or the large head of a sunflower. Based on the original meaning "sunflower", now written as 葵. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The character later corrupted into unrelated components 癶 and 天.

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  • edit character approved 癸 — "Not sure if this explanation should be kept here, so I added "Possibly" at the beginning since the shape is not known yet" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of four leaves growing together or the large head of a sunflower. Based on the original meaning "sunflower", now written as 葵. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The character later corrupted into unrelated components 癶 and 天. → Possibly a pictograph of four leaves growing together or the large head of a sunflower. Based on the original meaning "sunflower", now written as 葵. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The character later corrupted into unrelated components 癶 and 天.

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  • edit character approved 癸 — "Edited info " by Prismcool
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    Pictograph of four leaves growing together or the large head of a sunflower. Based on the original meaning "sunflower", now written as 葵. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Pictograph of four leaves growing together or the large head of a sunflower. Based on the original meaning "sunflower", now written as 葵. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The character later corrupted into unrelated components 癶 and 天.

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  • edit character approved 癸 — "Edited info " by Prismcool
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    Pictograph of four leaves growing together or the large head of a sunflower. Based on the original meaning, now written as 葵. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Pictograph of four leaves growing together or the large head of a sunflower. Based on the original meaning "sunflower", now written as 葵. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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  • edit character approved 癸 — "Changed etymology." by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a kind of ancient weapon. The pictograph later corrupted into unrelated components 癶 and 天. Based on the original meaning, now written 戣. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Pictograph of four leaves growing together or the large head of a sunflower. Based on the original meaning, now written as 葵. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
    Original meaning
    a type of ancient weapon → sunflower
    Sources

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  • edit character approved 癸 — "Edited original meaning " by Prismcool
    Original meaning
    a kind of ancient weapon → a type of ancient weapon

    Changed: original meaning

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  • edit character approved 癸 — "Added etymology." by Prismcool
    Hint
    Possibly depicts a type of ancient weapon with three points on it. Based on the original meaning "a type of weapon", now written as 戣. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Pictograph of a kind of ancient weapon. The pictograph later corrupted into unrelated components 癶 and 天. Based on the original meaning, now written 戣. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
    Original meaning
    a type of weapon → a kind of ancient weapon
    Sources
    • 漢語多功能字庫
    • - 季旭昇《說文新證》p.969-970
    • - 何琳儀《戰國古文字典：戰國文字聲系》p.1189

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