竊
qiè

secretly

  • edit character approved 竊 — "Rollback 835hDWqYmnSMavQE5" by inralback19
    Hint
    Termites 禼 taking grain 米 to their nest 穴 → Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 䊪 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to steal rice". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "secretly".
    Original meaning
    to steal rice
    Verified
    No → Yes
    Components
    • + 䊪 SoundMeaning
    • - 米 Meaning
    • - 禼 Meaning
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    竊
    →
    竊
    • Component 2: 6-12 → 6-22
    Sources
    • + 李学勤《字源》p.648
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.580-581

    Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved 竊 — "Rollback MPDacFwYELQjcCo53" by inralback19
    Components
    • 禼 Meaning
      • type: sound → meaning

    Changed: original meaning, verified, components, sources

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  • edit character approved 竊 — "Rollback AmpL3eyzXuwfPZCL6" by inralback19
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 䊪 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to steal rice". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "secretly". → Termites 禼 taking grain 米 to their nest 穴
    Components
    • + 米 Meaning
    • + 禼 Sound
    • - 䊪 SoundMeaning
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    竊
    →
    竊
    • Component 2: 6-22 → 6-12

    Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved 竊 — "Explanation" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Termites 禼 taking grain 米 to their nest 穴 → Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 䊪 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to steal rice". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "secretly".
    Original meaning
    to steal rice
    Verified
    No → Yes
    Components
    • + 䊪 SoundMeaning
    • - 米 Meaning
    • - 禼 Sound
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    竊
    →
    竊
    • Component 2: 6-12 → 6-22
    Sources
    • + 李学勤《字源》p.648
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.580-581

    Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved 竊 — "i guess technically the sound is similar because the earlier word just derives its sound from fanqie" by maxkly19
    Components
    • 禼 Sound
      • isOldPronunciation: true → false

    Changed: components

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  • edit character approved 竊 — "changed to sound component" by maxkly19
    Components
    • + 米 Meaning
    • + 禼 Sound
    • - 䊪 SoundMeaning

    Changed: components

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