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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: pasture, straw mat
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 存 represents the sound. Simplified form of 薦. Based on the original meaning "pasture, straw mat". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dzenH | N-tsˤə[n]-s | grass, herb |
| dzenH | [N-ts]ˤə[n]-s | twice; a second time |
說文解字
《說文》：“荐，薦蓆也。从艸，存聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)