Recent Changes

  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:trvhdam4wPKwzaqGn] to 退" by inralback19
    Hint
    Th take off 退 clothing 衤; 退 also provides the pronunciation (empty)
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • 退 Sound
      • type: sound, meaning sound
    Sources

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  • edit character approved 𬭇 — "[mongo:sF6E2qyjSPCwFzoPD] 钅" by inralback19
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 会 represents the sound. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 会 represents the sound.
    Components
    • + Meaning
    • - Meaning

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:cCKW9eAP3fhPFG3aC] The sound" by inralback19
    Hint
    The child 兒 of a rain cloud 雨 (empty)
    Components
    • Sound
      • type: meaning sound

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:kcJEfv3bdFxHkqaHb] you should fix stroke order " by inralback19
    Hint
    Likely a pictograph of the appearance of a dragon flying, or moving from what side to the other, depicted by showing a dragon in two positions. Depicts two dragons.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:aLnSTruqfxucMXAMq] Added possible etymology and assigned components." by 龍龖龘𪚥167
    Hint
    Likely a pictograph of the appearance of a dragon flying, or moving from what side to the other, depicted by showing a dragon in two positions.
    Components
    • + Unknown Possibly depicts the dragon in its first position.
    Strokes (simplified)
    32 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:G9iE7iHFZWH6A9fuh] 傻 " by inralback19
    Components
    • Iconic
      • hint: Depicts a pair of birds. (empty)

    Changed: components

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    Reviewer: "Not necessary to remove component description."

  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:fpxfcnqqKmfLXr4Lj] modern ancient" by inralback19
    Components
    • SoundRemnant
      • type: sound sound, remnant

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:ANfKim33w5EdozX6B] Rollback 9Ph49CCkucRhaede6" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 离 represents the sound. Depicts a bird (隹) being caught in a bird trap (罕). Based on the original meaning "catch a bird". The meaning later shifted to "reject", "separate", and "leave".
    Original meaning
    catch a bird
    Components
    • Iconic
      • type: meaning iconic
    • + Iconic Depicts a bird trap.
    • - Sound
    Strokes (simplified)
    18 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Qin dynasty (221-206 BC))
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:yqrbwzXbH9W5dnSfJ] Changed explanation" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a legendary mountain demon with horns and a tail beween its legs, now written as 魑. The traditional character 離 (leave; depart; away from) was simplified to 离 by deleting the 隹 (bird) component. Depicts using a net (𠦒) to catch prey in a forest (林). 林 also represents the sound. In simplified Chinese 离 is also used to mean "leave", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 離.
    Components
    • + SoundIconic
    • + 𠦒 Iconic Depicts a net. Similar to 禽.
    Strokes (simplified)
    10 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
    Sources
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.954
    • + 林志強《《文源》評注》p.7
    • + 漢語多功能字庫
    • + 李学勤《字源》p.1268-1269
    • + 陳靖《兩周古文字編注》p.2182

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:Yaektw4fvGk6ZDzqL] stroke order" by Prismcool
    Strokes (simplified)
    6 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:WRGu3D2dwrG56Y2kw] swap" by Hsmq
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 文 represents the meaning and 門 represents the sound. Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 文 represents the sound.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • Meaning
      • type: sound meaning
    • Sound
      • type: meaning sound
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    • Component 1: 9-12 1-8
    • Component 2: 1-8 9-12
    Sources

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:NSpjejCD65RKAimTq] meaning" by inralback19
    Gloss
    see 叱咤[chì​zhà] shout

    Changed: gloss

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:PwD8LidXR4dsHZd4N] t r ya gai n" by inralback19
    Components
    • Unknown
      • type: unknown

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:ezW3igDq44YoChtRH] note" by Prismcool
    Components
    • Sound
      • isGlyphChanged: (empty) true

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:YRvtELubNdBGkgteo] Added etymology" by Prismcool
    Hint
    钅 is a component form of 金. 钅 is a component form of 金. Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 今 represents the sound. 王 depicts a metal axe.
    Components
    • + Sound
    • + Iconic Depicts a metal axe.
    Strokes (simplified)
    5 strokes
    Sources
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.925

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:2DNZfgEeR7zhWfGG6] Added etymology" by Prismcool
    Hint
    釒 is a component form of 金. 釒 is a component form of 金. Phonosemantic compound. 王 and 吕 represent the meaning and 今 represents the sound. 王 depicts a metal axe and 吕 depicts two metal plates.
    Components
    • + SoundRemnant Remnant from the top part of 今.
    • + Iconic Depicts a metal axe.
    • + Iconic Depicts two metal plates.
    Strokes (simplified)
    8 strokes
    Sources
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.925

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:2ZQy4mPR6859rXR5i] Rollback HXp9j6RrNRXqaoBgT" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 今 represents the sound. 吕, depicting two metal plates, was later added. Phonosemantic compound. 王 and 吕 represent the meaning and 今 represents the sound. 王 depicts a metal axe and 吕 depicts two metal plates.
    Components
    • SoundRemnant
      • hint: (empty) Remnant from the top part of 今.
      • type: sound sound, remnant
    • + Iconic Depicts a metal axe.
    • - Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    8 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
    Sources
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.925

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:DMGYe6evHw2WgAu4F] zones" by inralback19
    Original meaning
    a parasitic vine
    Verified
    No Yes
    Stroke count (simplified)
    13
    Strokes (simplified)
    13 strokes
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    • Component 1: 1-3
    • Component 2: 4-13
    Historical images
    • + Bronze (Warring States (475-221 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
    Historical pronunciations
    • + baxter-sagart OC: *mˤoŋ MC: muwng
    Sources
    • + 李學勤 《字源》 p.58

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:rBJcwYovW6Wck6uLG] source" by Prismcool
    Sources
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.925-926

    Changed: sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:HXp9j6RrNRXqaoBgT] Changed explanation based on newer explanation" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 王 and 吕 represent the meaning and 今 represents the sound. 王 depicts a metal axe and 吕 depicts two metal plates. Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 今 represents the sound. 吕, depicting two metal plates, was later added.
    Components
    • Sound
      • hint: Remnant from the top part of 今. (empty)
      • type: sound, remnant sound
    • + Iconic Depicts fire.
    • - Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    8 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:T4rSmWYrr8JrBwDaM] verify" by inralback19
    Verified
    No Yes
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:mSvED85iBJZS9DRy7] verify" by Hsmq
    Hint
    Two birds 隹 exchanging angry words 讠; 雔 provides the pronunciation Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 雔 represents the sound.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:nrsk8YwjSsWzR9JXA] Verify" by Hsmq
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 雔 represents the sound.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • + Sound
    • + Meaning
    Strokes (simplified)
    23 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Bronze (Late Western Zhou (~800 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:5c5musfsn7f8Nj5vK] 雔" by Hsmq
    Components
    • + Iconic Depicts a pair of birds.
    • - Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    18 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:cegmqtH42axhXBAzG] Rollback cF6YdEs9gZBaXQpux" by Prismcool

    No field changes detected.

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:YRMincDhcgPMP7weJ] a M" by inralback19
    Hint
    Japanese shinjitai form of 廣. Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 黃 represents the sound. (empty)
    Components
    • - 广 Meaning
    • - Simplified

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:SfaeDZozaTz5LXzxs] distngus" by inralback19
    Components
    • Distinguishing
      • type: distinguishing

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    rejected by Prismcool

    Reviewer: "屰 is not a distingusting component in this graph. 屰 is simply just the corrupted form of 乇, the sound component in this graph."

  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:yyCqwwn7EQpgLKZMS] A wooden 木 beam 梁; 梁 also provides the pronunciation" by inralback19
    Hint
    A wooden 木 beam 梁; 梁 also provides the pronunciation (empty)
    Verified
    No Yes

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  • edit character approved 𠦝 — "[mongo:n4tiqfnLXcApcD8tH] Rollback 3KFBKymdFMYdRTSWa" by Prismcool
    Hint
    龺 is a character component that does not have any meaning on its own and can have different explanations in different characters. For example in 朝, it depicts the sun (日) that can still be seen on the horizon between blades of grass (屮) while this component is sometimes used as an abbreviation of 倝. 𠦝 is a component form of 倝.
    Components
    • + SoundRemnant
    • + Meaning

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  • edit character approved 𠦝 — "[mongo:KRP4p23E9s52h8s3P] Rollback 3HfT9vds9s8CgYdow" by Prismcool
    Components
    • - IconicRemnant
    • - Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    𠦝
    8 strokes

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:MiJfSCucwvQ7nHHvu] Changed entry" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Depicts a spirit flickering around a person's (大) body with their feet (舛). Depicts phosphorescent light flickering around a person's (大) body with their feet (舛). Original form of 磷.
    Components
    • Iconic
      • hint: Depicts a spirit. Depicts phosphorescent light (i.e. a spirit).
    Sources
    • + 林志強《《文源》評注》p.459

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:EeikCEA8te44ogrSp] Changed the explanation of this graph" by Prismcool
    Gloss
    to clear brush to create
    Hint
    Depicts a knife (刀) clearing thorny (丶) brush. Original form of 刱, 荊, and 創. Depicts using a knife (刀) to cut through thorns (i.e. clearing away brambles). Based on the original meaning "knife wound", now written as 刱 and 創. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
    Original meaning
    knife wound
    Components
    • Iconic
      • hint: depicts thorns Depicts thorns.
    • + Iconic
    • - Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    4 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    Sources
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.361
    • + 古文字詁林編纂委員會《古文字詁林》Vol. 4, p.581

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:3DWi7JhLdKq6dvRtW] fix for too small stroke" by Hsmq
    Strokes (simplified)
    4 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:5d75g263NZjZdbfeG] chanve comonent" by inralback19
    Strokes (simplified)
    13 strokes
    13 strokes

    Source: animcjk dong

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:ZLTh8ef8Rhcye9jxE] remove the oirginal duplicate meaniny" by inralback19

    No field changes detected.

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  • edit character rejected 𠦝 — "[mongo:zR8AsuRwE3RLGe7EH] specific to a character 朝" by inralback19
    Components
    • - IconicRemnant
    • - Iconic

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:f3R56SJz37s7QMGxj] component" by inralback19
    Components
    • + Meaning
    • + Sound

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:6ykFgubPJnEhDiBa5] add space between a hanzi and a word" by inralback19
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 氵and 木 represent the meaning and 刅 represents the sound. Phonosemantic compound. 氵 and 木 represent the meaning and 刅 represents the sound.

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  • edit character approved 𠦝 — "[mongo:3HfT9vds9s8CgYdow] Added the source for the previous edit. I don't remember why I started this entry saying it was just the component form of 倝. I didn't add a source for that. Though this could be from two different origins, the source doesn't acknowledge 倝 and explains it in terms of 朝, where the component seems well defined early on. The case of 倝 seems more like corruption that ended up looking like 𠦝 by chance later. Strictly I suppose there shouldn't be any component break down since there are two. I don't know." by cochleoid
    Components
    • + IconicRemnant
    • + Iconic
    • - SoundRemnant
    • - Meaning
    Strokes (simplified)
    𠦝
    8 strokes
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:Q2XXteideNz368Thd] Adding explanation for a stroke depicting thorns, but both strokes serve the same function according to the etymology I chose. They could be grouped as a characterless "八" form, but 刃 has some historical precedent. I'm really not sure." by cochleoid
    Components
    • Iconic
      • hint: (empty) depicts thorns

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:tMHPqFtQrFfLwSquj] changing the character/component gloss to the original meaning, left the word gloss the same" by cochleoid
    Gloss
    to create to clear brush

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:wCDchngQQGDhhpxhT] Went with Liu Zhao's theory of this being clearing brush rather than Tang Lan's theory about it being a human body pierced by thorns. Maybe 刃 shouldn't be a component. " by cochleoid
    Hint
    Depicts using a knife (刀) to cut through thorns (i.e. clearing away brambles). Based on the original meaning "knife wound", now written as 刱 and 創. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Depicts a knife (刀) clearing thorny (丶) brush. Original form of 刱, 荊, and 創.
    Original meaning
    knife wound to clear brush
    Components
    • Iconic
      • hint: Depicts thorns. (empty)
    • + Iconic
    • - Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    4 strokes
    4 strokes

    Source: animcjk dong

    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:kKCsZgHqojyt8ayTZ] Not quite the standard phonosemantic etymology, there are two meaning components which together aren't themselves a character, maybe a compound ideogram with an added sound component?" by cochleoid
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 氵 and 木 represent the meaning and 刅 represents the sound. Phonosemantic compound. 氵and 木 represent the meaning and 刅 represents the sound.

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:ur9Nfn88X4apyZQLT] Verify" by Prismcool

    No field changes detected.

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:J9MtaPrysCJ4apBoY] a copy![" by inralback19
    Components
    • + SoundSimplified
    • - Sound

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:DkXDakJGHePC6RyEA] copy" by inralback19
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 朕 represents the sound. (empty)

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:fbrstg5kW8p4EThPY] pig" by inralback19
    Strokes (simplified)
    16 strokes

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  • edit character rejected — "[mongo:qD8T8j2pDZrzF9RBT] 并" by inralback19
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 瓦 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound. Simplified form of 缾. Phonosemantic compound. 瓦 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:sjKLFtSMQXLtrniLF] corruption" by Hsmq
    Components
    • + Sound Corrupted to 耳.
    • + Meaning
    • - Distinguishing
    • - Remnant

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:yCnPLA2wmXLfoTA69] fix" by Hsmq
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound. Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound.
    Components
    • + Meaning ⻏ is a component form of 邑.
    • - Meaning

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