Recent Changes
edit character approved 壬 — "[mongo:goo3me8cwgz9TNAR3] Rollback kFyYdjQrPCMjQHLNR"
- Gloss
- 9th heavenly stem → (thread spool),9th heavenly stem
- Hint
- Pictograph of a warp beam used for holding silk in, also known as a spool. The modern meaning "9th heavenly stem" is a phonetic loan. → Depicts a spool of thread. The modern meaning "9th heavenly stem" is a phonetic loan.
Changed: gloss, hint, sources
edit character approved 蔭 — "[mongo:HJBJS49aeaBmEkuvK] Rollback mbdJoHohEgqjpgAnr"
- Hint
- Shade 陰 provided by a tree 艹; 陰 also sound → Shade 陰 provided by a tree 艹; 陰 also provides the pronunciation
- Components
- 陰 SoundMeaning
- type: meaning → sound, meaning
- 陰 SoundMeaning
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 摺 — "[mongo:CwvDfpWvKSyZXDKwc] verify"
No field changes detected.
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 韓 — "[mongo:za9JoHSrisC5X8gkW] Rollback Y6MnGvuoppzjoRn9X"
- Gloss
- fence → Korea
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 韋 represents the meaning and 倝 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "fence surrounding a well". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Original meaning
- fence surrounding a well
- Components
- + 倝 SoundRemnant
- + 韋 Meaning
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, components
edit character approved 韓 — "[mongo:Y6MnGvuoppzjoRn9X] Rollback pBaz8MvrXqkcMKHdE"
- Gloss
- Korea → fence
- Components
- - 倝 SoundRemnant
- - 韋 Meaning
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 韩 — "[mongo:BNv4ounBXPsTYw2Cb] Rollback nNXfuff6pagwySe7Z"
- Gloss
- fence → Korea
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 韦 represents the meaning and 倝 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "fence surrounding a well". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Original meaning
- fence surrounding a well
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- + 倝 SoundRemnant
- + 韦 Meaning
- Historical pronunciations
- + OC: *[g]ˤar MC: han
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, pronunciations, shuowenExplanation
edit character approved 韩 — "[mongo:nNXfuff6pagwySe7Z] Rollback CZA66HKu8Cy4MXvS4"
- Gloss
- Korea → fence
- Components
- - 倝 SoundRemnant
- - 韦 Meaning
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, pronunciations, shuowenExplanation
edit character approved 韩 — "[mongo:wNc7PYQvtAovMvygd] same"
- Components
- 韦 Meaning
- isFromOriginalMeaning: true → false
- 韦 Meaning
Changed: components
edit character approved 韓 — "[mongo:CqN4QT2ykLwTgtKs2] same"
- Components
- 倝 SoundRemnant
- isGlyphChanged: true → false
- 倝 SoundRemnant
Changed: components
edit character approved 陰 — "[mongo:XN4mYwP65rX5nLfiN] Rollback QBhoBf5eaojtcgWMc"
- Gloss
- 'female' principle → dark
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 阝 Meaning
- hint: 阝 is a component form of 阜. → 阝 is a component form of 阜. Depicts hills blocking sunlight.
- 云 SoundMeaning
- hint: Also serves as a sound component. → Depicts clouds darkening the sky.
- type: meaning → sound, meaning
- 阝 Meaning
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: gloss, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 陰 — "[mongo:QBhoBf5eaojtcgWMc] Rollback ZZ3zxDNQ5R2LuzDCj"
- Gloss
- dark → 'female' principle
- Components
- 阝 Meaning
- hint: 阝 is a component form of 阜. Depicts hills blocking sunlight. → 阝 is a component form of 阜.
- 云 Meaning
- hint: Depicts clouds darkening the sky. → Also serves as a sound component.
- type: sound, meaning → meaning
- 阝 Meaning
Changed: gloss, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 陰 — "[mongo:aoHMK79sArPgETuiR] Rollback jzkop7x8R3itWj6SF"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 侌 represents the sound. → Phonosemantic compound. 今 and 云 represent the sound, while 阝 and 云 represent the meaning.
- Components
- + 今 Sound
- + 云 SoundMeaning Depicts clouds darkening the sky.
- - 侌 Sound
- Strokes (simplified)
- 10 strokes
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Bronze (Early Warring States (~400 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
Changed: hint, components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 蔭 — "[mongo:mbdJoHohEgqjpgAnr] means"
- Hint
- Shade 陰 provided by a tree 艹; 陰 also provides the pronunciation → Shade 陰 provided by a tree 艹; 陰 also sound
- Components
- 陰 Meaning
- type: sound, meaning → meaning
- 陰 Meaning
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 武 — "[mongo:GitMG9JZTw4A3S6Fk] Rollback kCBQzzCAGfSqK52Mc"
- Hint
- Depicts marching (止) with a weapon (戈). → (empty)
- Components
- 戈 Meaning
- type: iconic → meaning
- 止 Meaning
- hint: Depicts a foot. → (empty)
- type: iconic → meaning
- 戈 Meaning
- Strokes (simplified)
- 8 strokes
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
- + Seal (Qin dynasty (221-206 BC))
- + Clerical (Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC))
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 免 — "[mongo:gMERKQzFkoXt3Nc7S] Rollback ZCZpQdXw8GMrzmGq9"
- Gloss
- (hat), avoid → avoid
- Hint
- Pictograph of a person wearing a hat or a crown, now written as 冕. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Pictograph of a person with a hat, now written as 冕. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: gloss, hint, sources
edit character approved 便 — "[mongo:XmTDqihCGRRp3q5na] Rollback miTuEuRnwnaRH9Kfp"
- Gloss
- (whipping a person),convenience → convenience
- Hint
- From 亻 (person) and 𠓥 (whip). Original meaning related to whipping people, now written 鞭 (whip). Other meanings are phonetic loans. → Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 𠓥 represents the sound. Originally written as 𠓥, which depicted a hand holding a whip with the 丙 component. Based on the original meaning "whip a person", now written as 鞭. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Original meaning
- whip a person
- Components
- 𠓥 SoundMeaning
- hint: This is the only character where the form of 更 (more) is used for 𠓥 (whip). → Modern form looks like unrelated 更.
- 𠓥 SoundMeaning
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, components
edit character approved 便 — "[mongo:miTuEuRnwnaRH9Kfp] Rollback knuB3vv2p9RonbAZW"
- Gloss
- convenience → (whipping a person),convenience
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 𠓥 represents the sound. Originally written as 𠓥, which depicted a hand holding a whip with the 丙 component. Based on the original meaning "whip a person", now written as 鞭. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → From 亻 (person) and 𠓥 (whip). Original meaning related to whipping people, now written 鞭 (whip). Other meanings are phonetic loans.
- Original meaning
- whipping a person
- Components
- 𠓥 SoundMeaning
- hint: Modern form looks like unrelated 更. → This is the only character where the form of 更 (more) is used for 𠓥 (whip).
- 𠓥 SoundMeaning
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, components
edit character approved 敏 — "[mongo:46Xxw9MnDvZKMN9Gs] common"
No field changes detected.
Changed: verified, sources
edit character approved 裏 — "[mongo:uXN5P7yrLjvLapgEB] Rollback sYyLTRSxKpjYFyyzW"
- Hint
- Original form of 裡. Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound. → Variant form of 裡. Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 第 — "[mongo:xMXHhh7DW36pQHQPo] Rollback GPPv7tJJTJyGweh6R"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 弟 represents the sound. → Originally a variant of 弟 (younger brother), which originally meant "order".
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- ⺮ Unknown
- hint: ⺮ is a component form of 竹. → Corruption of the top part of 弟.
- type: meaning → unknown
- 弟 SoundMeaning
- hint: (empty) → Based on the original meaning of 弟 "order".
- type: sound → sound, meaning
- ⺮ Unknown
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.478
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 第 — "[mongo:GPPv7tJJTJyGweh6R] Rollback F8Wbg9NFRcBg3ygJ3"
- Hint
- Originally a variant of 弟 (younger brother), which originally meant "order". → Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 弟 represents the sound.
- Components
- ⺮ Meaning
- hint: Corruption of the top part of 弟. → ⺮ is a component form of 竹.
- type: unknown → meaning
- 弟 Sound
- hint: Based on the original meaning of 弟 "order". → (empty)
- type: sound, meaning → sound
- ⺮ Meaning
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 印 — "[mongo:zHBJHahxqXQ83kbcc] meaning"
- Original meaning
- restrain
Changed: original meaning
edit character approved 色 — "[mongo:oFNhP5BqAzZDGtEh4] Rollback ctbPuxeEc3DoRrx8Y"
- Hint
- Depicts a kneeling person (卩) being held down by a knife (刀). Based on the original meaning "restrain", now written as 抑. The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan. → Depicts a kneeling person (卩) being pushed down by a hand (爪). Based on the original meaning "press down", now written as 抑. The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan.
- Original meaning
- press down
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 卩 Iconic
- isGlyphChanged: (empty) → true
- + 爪 Iconic
- - 刀 Iconic
- 卩 Iconic
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.711-712
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 色 — "[mongo:ctbPuxeEc3DoRrx8Y] Rollback Dsijxwbtwa2tBz6FF"
- Hint
- Depicts a kneeling person (卩) being pushed down by a hand (爪). Based on the original meaning "press down", now written as 抑. The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan. → Depicts a kneeling person (卩) being held down by a knife (刀). Based on the original meaning "restrain", now written as 抑. The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan.
- Components
- 卩 Iconic
- isGlyphChanged: true → (empty)
- + 刀 Iconic
- - 爪 Iconic
- 卩 Iconic
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 聞 — "[mongo:DkWryQwCHkbHYBRHN] Rollback PtcBLcWf7tNkiBttT"
- Gloss
- hear → hear, smell
Changed: gloss
edit character approved 交 — "[mongo:ivZmnHAWgymNxSGD7] meaning"
- Gloss
- to cross → to cross, to mix
Changed: gloss
edit character approved 較 — "[mongo:8YqRjCtkaz9HTs57C] original"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound. Based on the current meaning "horizontal beams on a carriage". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "horizontal beams on a carriage". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 圀 — "[mongo:5B93ojFJhyKtxNNRx] reverg"
- Components
- - Meaning
Changed: components
edit character approved 圀 — "[mongo:Q2qDaWYsvybG2KDFp] component"
- Components
- + Meaning
- Strokes (simplified)
- 9 strokes
Changed: components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 圀 — "[mongo:j3P2byCarkRkiJf8T] stroke"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 9 strokes
Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 圀 — "[mongo:zsn9FsrNLPum95ovA] Rollback 5H5qWD45EH2uW7AnY"
No field changes detected.
Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 圀 — "[mongo:5H5qWD45EH2uW7AnY] Rollback 8yLBme69Z3PvDPbP4"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 9 strokes
Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 圀 — "[mongo:emkejHa3tbBxX2Tm9] Rollback QNTq85MDJgdgGrzt4"
No field changes detected.
Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 圀 — "[mongo:QNTq85MDJgdgGrzt4] stroke"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 9 strokes
Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 圀 — "[mongo:8yLBme69Z3PvDPbP4] Rollback CtZPB5RXPMxxkC2gp"
No field changes detected.
Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 圀 — "[mongo:CtZPB5RXPMxxkC2gp] stroke"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 9 strokes→9 strokes
Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 疏 — "[mongo:EJkNFJJFZjvAJiYGm] Rollback DtnbZChdjHRo58hRn"
- Gloss
- neglect → wide apart
- Hint
- Walking 疋 through uncultivated land 㐬 → Phonosemantic compound. 疋 represents the sound and 㐬 represents the meaning. Based on the original meaning "unblock, get things flowing". The meaning later shifted to "open up", "sparse", "wide apart", and "neglect".
- Original meaning
- unblock, get things flowing
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 疋 Sound
- type: meaning → sound
- 疋 Sound
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 疏 — "[mongo:DtnbZChdjHRo58hRn] Rollback y5effHoBGe99QdzGo"
- Gloss
- wide apart → neglect
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 疋 represents the sound and 㐬 represents the meaning. Based on the original meaning "unblock, get things flowing". The meaning later shifted to "open up", "sparse", "wide apart", and "neglect". → Walking 疋 through uncultivated land 㐬
- Components
- 疋 Meaning
- type: sound → meaning
- 疋 Meaning
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 虢 — "[mongo:B6smtQEuLsp7w7AQG] Rollback 2SexjiaSdyDM4Xi3S"
- Hint
- Depicts a hand (爫) and a hand holding a weapon (攴) fighting with a tiger (虎). The component 攴 was later reanalyzed as 寸 (hand). Based on the original meaning "to fight a tiger". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Original meaning
- to fight a tiger
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- + 爫 Iconic 爫 is a component form of 爪.
- + 寸 Iconic Originally 攴, which depicts a hand holding a weapon. Later reanalyzed as 寸 (hand).
- + 虎 Iconic
- Strokes (simplified)
- 15 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC))
- + Seal (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
- + Clerical (Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD))
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.410
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 虢 — "[mongo:2SexjiaSdyDM4Xi3S] Rollback ZmfgDQNwckEyRoJq9"
- Components
- - 爫 Iconic
- - 寸 Iconic
- - 虎 Iconic
- Strokes (simplified)
- 15 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC))
- + Seal (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
- + Clerical (Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD))
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 色 — "[mongo:nty3EssWxbqEhTkgW] Rollback t8eZX3ic2BFsKJRjt"
- Hint
- Depicts a kneeling person (卩) being pushed down by a hand (爫). Based on the original meaning "press down", now written as 抑. The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan. → Depicts a kneeling person (卩) being pushed down by a hand (爪). Based on the original meaning "press down", now written as 抑. The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan.
- Components
- + 爪 Iconic
- - 爫 Iconic
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 色 — "[mongo:t8eZX3ic2BFsKJRjt] 爫"
- Hint
- Depicts a kneeling person (卩) being pushed down by a hand (爪). Based on the original meaning "press down", now written as 抑. The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan. → Depicts a kneeling person (卩) being pushed down by a hand (爫). Based on the original meaning "press down", now written as 抑. The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan.
- Components
- + 爫 Iconic
- - 爪 Iconic
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 惠 — "[mongo:ozedT4yPXiMPrcpMM] component hint came from make me a hanzi"
- Components
- 心 Meaning
- hint: (empty) → heart
- 心 Meaning
Changed: components
edit character approved 涼 — "[mongo:JJjh4DwkXoejRhvp3] meaning kf "
- Original meaning
- light alcohol, dilute wine
Changed: original meaning
edit character approved 郁 — "[mongo:rBEzZ5bsvLtvcrGMa] Rollback wCHEzS8QjM5ko9tqH"
- Components
- + ⻏ Meaning 阝 is a component form of 邑.
- - 阝 Meaning
Changed: components
edit character approved 郁 — "[mongo:wCHEzS8QjM5ko9tqH] Rollback X8yuH7PChop8ax74a"
- Components
- + 阝 Meaning 阝 is a component form of 阜.
- - ⻏ Meaning
Changed: components
edit character approved 𠦒 — "[mongo:vF9Eha26bx5Y9qBDW] Rollback ADkP5gwRaGgXSZfJH"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 7 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 𠦒 — "[mongo:ADkP5gwRaGgXSZfJH] Rollback 3kKPuFEASr4nwukeo"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 7 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 桼 — "[mongo:zhFy7YYsRLgfi2QSn] Rollback jyNCnax7poJ6gcYXQ"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 11 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
- + Seal (Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD))
- + Clerical (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 夌 — "[mongo:5uqAM7DuWw26gptfW] Rollback YknH2yD7qAbprmwTv"
- Gloss
- to surpass → to surpass, to ascend
- Hint
- Unclear origin. In oracle bone script, the top portion appeared to come from 屮, while the bottom appeared to come from 人. Some versions add 止 below 人 while others add 仌. → Depicts a person (人) with their feet (夂) climbing out of a pit covered with a roof.
- Components
- 人 Iconic
- type: unknown → iconic
- 夂 Iconic
- hint: 夂 is a component form of 止. In Warring States Chu script, this was 土. Versions that added the 仌 phonetic here perhaps should be identified as 凌. → 夂 is a component form of 止.
- type: unknown → iconic
- + ◎ Iconic Depicts a pit covered with a roof.
- - 屮 Unknown
- 人 Iconic
- Sources
- + 陳靖《兩周古文字編注》p.281
- + 劉志基《中國漢字文物大系》Vol. 5, p.646
Changed: gloss, hint, components, sources