Simplified
Traditional
Original meaning: grain storage facility
Depicts a granary (㐭) for storing grains (禾) in. 㐭 also represents the sound. Similar in origin to 嗇. Based on the original meaning "grain storage facility". The meaning later shifted to "to endow" and "report to".
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pimX | p.rimʔ (dialect: *p.r- > *pr-) | receive |
| pimX | p.rimʔ (dialect: > *p.r- > *pr-) | rations | |
| limX | p.rimʔ | rations |
說文解字
《說文》：“稟，賜穀也。从，从禾。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pjuH | p(r)a-s | tax; ballad |
| Zhengzhang | mpas | ||
| Unicode | biò | ||
| biò |
說文解字
斂也。从貝武聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)