edit character approved 臧 — "Removed not similar pronunciation note "
edit character approved 臧 — "戈"
edit character approved 臧 — "Changed etymology"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 臣 represents the meaning and 戕 represents the sound. → Depicts a weapon (戈) slashing an eye (臣). In ancient China, captured prisoners were blinded with weapons making them into slaves. 爿 was later added as a sound component. Based on the original meaning, "slave; servant". The current meaning "good" is a phonetic loan.
- Original meaning
- slave; servant
- Components
- 臣 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → Depicts an eye.
- type: meaning → iconic
- 戕 Iconic
- type: sound → iconic
- + 爿 Sound
- 臣 Iconic
- Stroke fragments (simplified)
- →
- Component 2: 1-5,12-14 → 1,12-14
- Component 3: 2-5
Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 臧 — "verify"