jìng HSK4

actually

  • edit character approved — "Rollback px7pr8D3ESMwazJrn" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a tattoo tool (辛) marking a person's (人) head as punishment for a crime. Based on the original meaning "tattoo criminals on the face", now written as 黥. The meaning later shifted to "finish" and "actually". Depicts a tattoo tool (辛) marking a person's (人) head as punishment for a crime. Based on the original meaning "tattoo criminals on the face", now written as 黥. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

    Changed: hint

    edit character by Prismcool

  • edit character rejected — "clear" by inralback19
    Hint
    Origin uncertain. Possibly depicts a tattoo tool (辛) marking a person's (人) head as punishment for a crime. Based on the original meaning "tattoo criminals on the face", now written as 黥. The meaning later shifted to "finish" and "actually". Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a tattoo tool (辛) marking a person's (人) head as punishment for a crime. Based on the original meaning "tattoo criminals on the face", now written as 黥. The meaning later shifted to "finish" and "actually".

    Changed: hint

    edit character by inralback19

  • edit character approved — "Changed etymology description slightly by adding "Origin uncertain" and "The meaning later shifted to "finish" and "actually"." (Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%AB%9F). Not really confident about my source though, so revert this if I'm wrong. Thanks." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Depicts a tattoo tool (辛) marking a person's (人) head as punishment for a crime. Based on the original meaning "tattoo criminals on the face", now written as 黥. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Origin uncertain. Possibly depicts a tattoo tool (辛) marking a person's (人) head as punishment for a crime. Based on the original meaning "tattoo criminals on the face", now written as 黥. The meaning later shifted to "finish" and "actually".

    Changed: hint

    edit character by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved — "verify" by Peter Olson

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    Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources

    edit character by Peter Olson