edit character approved 隺 — "Changed explanation and added new source"
- Hint
- Depicts a crane's head on top of a bird (隹). Based on the original meaning "crane", now written as 鶴. The meaning later shifted to "very high". → Depicts a bird (隹) with a line on its neck to either indicate a crane's long neck or loudness of its call. Based on the original meaning "crane", now written as 鶴. The meaning later shifted to "very high".
- Components
- ◎ Iconic
- hint: Depicts a crane's head. → Line indicating a crane's long neck or its loudness of its call.
- ◎ Iconic
- Sources
- + 陳劍《“隺”“彖”兩字合證補説》
- - 許進雄《新編進階甲骨文字典: 甲骨文發現120周年紀念版》p.52
Changed: hint, components, sources
edit character approved 隺 — "Changed wording "
- Hint
- Depicts a crane's head emphasized on top of a bird (隹), representing it's long neck. Based on the original meaning "crane", now written as 鶴. The meaning later shifted to "very high". → Depicts a crane's head on top of a bird (隹). Based on the original meaning "crane", now written as 鶴. The meaning later shifted to "very high".
Changed: hint
edit character approved 隺 — "Changed wording"
edit character approved 隺 — "crane"
- Gloss
- very high → (crane), very high
- Hint
- Depicts a bird's (隹) head emphasized, representing a crane with a long neck. Based on the original meaning "crane", now written as 鶴. The meaning later shifted to "very high". → Depicts a crane's head emphasized on top of a bird (隹), representing it's long neck. Based on the original meaning "crane", now written as 鶴. The meaning later shifted to "very high".
Changed: gloss, hint
edit character approved 隺 — "Changed etymology "
- Hint
- Depicts a bird (隹) emerging from an enclosure (冂) flying up very high. Once used to write 鹤 (crane). → Depicts a bird's (隹) head emphasized, representing a crane with a long neck. Based on the original meaning "crane", now written as 鶴. The meaning later shifted to "very high".
- Original meaning
- crane
- Components
- + ◎ Iconic Depicts a crane's head.
- - 冂 Iconic
- Sources
- + 許進雄《甲骨文字典》p.52
- - 李学勤 《字源》 p.475
- - 《康熙字典》 1364.080
- - 說文解字
Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources
edit character approved 隺 — "Added etymology "
- Hint
- Depicts a bird (隹) flying up very high. Borrowed to write 鹤 (crane). → Depicts a bird (隹) emerging from an enclosure (冂) flying up very high. Once used to write 鹤 (crane).
- Components
- + 冂 Iconic Here used to depict an enclosure.
- - 冖 Unknown
- Sources
- 李学勤 《字源》 p.475
- 《康熙字典》 1364.080
- + 說文解字
Changed: hint, components, sources
edit character approved 隺 — "Changed explanation slightly "
- Hint
- From a bird (隹) flying up very high. Also borrowed to write 鹤 (crane). → Depicts a bird (隹) flying up very high. Borrowed to write 鹤 (crane).
- Components
- 冖 Unknown
- hint: (empty) → The purpose of this component is unclear.
- 隹 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- 冖 Unknown
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 隺 — "typo with full width "(""
- Hint
- From a bird (隹) flying up very high. Also borrowed to write 鹤 （crane). → From a bird (隹) flying up very high. Also borrowed to write 鹤 (crane).
Changed: hint
edit character approved 隺 — "I am not sure what "上欲出冂" means, maybe it actually implies that 冖 is a ceiling? It doesn't look the same as other instances of 冖. "
- Gloss
- (crane), very high → very high
- Hint
- Depicts a bird (隹) with a line on its neck to either indicate a crane's long neck or loudness of its call. Based on the original meaning "crane", now written as 鶴. The meaning later shifted to "very high". → From a bird (隹) flying up very high. Also borrowed to write 鹤 （crane).
- Components
- 隹 Meaning
- type: iconic → meaning
- + 冖 Unknown
- - ◎ Iconic
- 隹 Meaning
- Sources
- + 李学勤 《字源》 p.475
- + 《康熙字典》 1364.080
- - 陳劍《“隺”“彖”兩字合證補説》
Changed: gloss, hint, verified, components, sources