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    Components
    • SoundIconic
      • isOldPronunciation: (empty) true

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    Components
      • type: distinguishing
    • SoundIconic
      • isOldPronunciation: true (empty)
    Strokes (simplified)
    6 strokes
    6 strokes

    Source: animcjk dong

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    Components
    • Unknown
      • type: iconic unknown
    Strokes (simplified)
    5 strokes
    5 strokes

    Source: animcjk dong

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    Strokes (simplified)
    8 strokes
    8 strokes

    Source: animcjk dong

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:cnArg2rrBSL5wZNYp] given sources actually say 从心从音, do not claim that 音 is a sound component" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 音 represents the sound. (This explanation is oversimplified for brevity. The 音 component in this character actually has a rather complicated history.) Thought (意) is the sound (音) that comes from the mind (心). (This explanation is oversimplified for brevity. The 音 component in this character actually has a rather complicated history.)
    Components
    • Meaning
      • type: sound meaning

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    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 音 represents the sound. (This explanation is oversimplified. The 音 component in this character actually has a more complicated history.) Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 音 represents the sound. (This explanation is oversimplified for brevity. The 音 component in this character actually has a rather complicated history.)

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    Hint
    Thought (意) is the sound (音) that comes from the mind (心). (Oversimplified for brevity. The 音 component in this character has a complicated history.) Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 音 represents the sound. (This explanation is oversimplified. The 音 component in this character actually has a more complicated history.)
    Components
    • Sound
      • type: meaning sound
    Strokes (simplified)
    13 strokes
    13 strokes

    Source: animcjk dong

    Historical images
    • Clerical (Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC))
      • era: Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

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    Gloss
    words speech

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    Components
      • type: distinguishing
    Strokes (simplified)
    9 strokes
    9 strokes

    Source: animcjk dong

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    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 是 represents the sound.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • + Meaning
    • + Sound

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    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 氏 represents the sound.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • + Meaning
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    Strokes (simplified)
    9 strokes

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    Hint
    Pictograph of a tool similar to a hammer that is shaped like deer antlers. Original meaning unclear. Original meaning unclear. Possibly a picture of a hammer or a spoon.

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:stQb85a5x2wZbEkvj] add hand note" by Peter Olson
    Components
    • Meaning
      • hint: (empty) Depicts a hand.

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    Components
    • Meaning
      • hint: (empty) Depicts a foot.

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:ZzaEQxPLqJFxHD5d5] Use plain 止 component" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Originally written as 夭, depicting a person swaying their arms (夭) while walking quickly. The foot component 龰 was added later. Originally written as 夭, depicting a person swaying their arms (夭) while walking quickly. The foot component 止 was added later.
    Components
    • + Meaning
    • - Meaning

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    Components
    • Iconic
      • hint: Depicts a person swaying their arms. Depicts a person walking quickly.

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    Hint
    Originally written as 夭, depicting a person swaying their arms (夭) while walking quickly. The foot component 止 was added later. Originally written as 夭, depicting a person swaying their arms (夭) while walking quickly. The foot component 龰 was added later.
    Components
    • Iconic
      • hint: Depicts a person walking quickly. Depicts a person swaying their arms.
    • + Meaning 龰 is a component form of 止.
    • - Meaning

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    Gloss
    man person

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    Hint
    Variant form of 以, with the person (人) component removed. Depicts an object being carried. Variant form of 以, without the person (人) component. Depicts an object being carried.

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    Hint
    Variant form of 以, without the person (人) component. Depicts an object being carried. Variant form of 以, with the person (人) component removed. Depicts an object being carried.

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:o47qakPWEgYFTXzYq] Use newer pronunciation note, add old pronunciation" by Peter Olson
    Components
    • Sound
      • hint: The pronunciation of 針 was similar to 十 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. (empty)
      • isOldPronunciation: (empty) true
    Historical pronunciations
    • + OC: *t.[k]əm MC: tsyim

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:Asvgru4HL9ZAcBcBw] use newer pronunciation note" by Peter Olson
    Components
    • Sound
      • hint: The pronunciation of 針 was similar to 十 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. (empty)
      • isOldPronunciation: (empty) true

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  • edit character approved 廿 — "[mongo:X4JDDWNrHjMMjjHKb] verify, add source" by Peter Olson

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:XPsb2Dxpz3beFy8PX] change gloss" by Peter Olson
    Gloss
    still still, return
    Hint
    Simplified form of 還. Simplified form of 還. 辶 represents the meaning. 不 replaces the traditional phonetic component 睘.

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