Recent Changes
edit character approved 耂 — "[mongo:9eG2rw6ipPezX75ha] Remove 者"
- Gloss
- old, paper mulberry → old
- Hint
- 耂 is a component form of 老, which is a pictograph of an old person with long hair. Pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves, now written as 楮. 耂 appears as a component in other characters based on meaning. → 耂 is a component form of 老, which is a pictograph of an old person with long hair.
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: gloss, hint, sources
edit character approved 耂 — "[mongo:GvzPeb3FJWFvavkib] Rollback XNtsiSxEY4bJvntTv"
- Gloss
- paper mulberry → old, paper mulberry
- Hint
- Original form of 楮. Pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves. Visually the same but unrelated to the component form of 老. → 耂 is a component form of 老, which is a pictograph of an old person with long hair. Pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves, now written as 楮. 耂 appears as a component in other characters based on meaning.
Changed: gloss, hint, sources
edit character approved 者 — "[mongo:g6j6bGfPC9NaM79rR] Change"
- Components
- + ◎ Iconic Depicts a tree with paper mulberry leaves. Original form of 楮.
- - 耂 SoundIconic
Changed: components
edit character approved 窓 — "[mongo:dqfMud44ctWKbonYq] refined the proportions of the stroke order"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 11 strokes
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edit character approved 窓 — "[mongo:YyBrspNStHAq39eJ2] strokes"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 11 strokes
Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 怱 — "[mongo:ZfbBCKcfS3qLKzndL] Rollback aN3EiYpqWxgRBFnoP"
- Hint
- Variant of 悤. A line piercing the heart. → Variant of 悤. Depicts a line (匆) piercing a heart (心) (i.e. having an insightful understanding), conveying the meaning "insightful". now written as 聰. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 匆 SoundIconic
- hint: 囱 in other variant. The piercing of the heart later meaning "hole" or "opening". → Depicts a line piercing. Represents having an insightful understanding in one's thoughts.
- type: iconic → sound, iconic
- 心 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → In ancient China, it was thought that the heart was the center of thought and reasoning.
- type: meaning, iconic → iconic
- 匆 SoundIconic
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.762
- + 林志強《《文源》評注》p.36
- + 張世超《金文形義通解》p.2443-2444
- + Ning Yu "Heart and Cognition in Ancient Chinese Philosophy"
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 怱 — "[mongo:aN3EiYpqWxgRBFnoP] Rollback k38c4hiFkQ2dAR8eC"
- Hint
- Variant of 悤. Depicts a line (匆) piercing a heart (心) (i.e. having an insightful understanding), conveying the meaning "insightful". now written as 聰. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Variant of 悤. A line piercing the heart.
- Components
- 匆 Iconic
- hint: Depicts a line piercing. Represents having an insightful understanding in one's thoughts. → 囱 in other variant. The piercing of the heart later meaning "hole" or "opening".
- type: sound, iconic → iconic
- 心 MeaningIconic
- hint: In ancient China, it was thought that the heart was the center of thought and reasoning. → (empty)
- type: iconic → meaning, iconic
- 匆 Iconic
- Sources
- + 季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.761-762
- + 董蓮池 《說文解字考正》 p.404
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 悤 — "[mongo:4JYXXEB7Zhh8YmLYc] Rollback ux8NdbKyePn3T5zi6"
- Components
- 囱 SoundIconic
- hint: Originally depicted a line piercing. → Depicts a line piercing. Represents having an insightful understanding in one's thoughts.
- type: sound → sound, iconic
- 囱 SoundIconic
Changed: components
edit character approved 悤 — "[mongo:ux8NdbKyePn3T5zi6] think"
- Components
- 囱 Sound
- hint: Depicts a line piercing. Represents having an insightful understanding in one's thoughts. → Originally depicted a line piercing.
- type: sound, iconic → sound
- 囱 Sound
Changed: components
edit character approved 悤 — "[mongo:8nQnrJsEeq7baXtkB] Rollback TMP98gz7vnyK2Gyr7"
- Hint
- Depiction of a line piercing a heart, originally representing a deep understanding, which is now written 聰. The modern meaning is a phonetic loan. → Depicts a line (囱) piercing a heart (心) (i.e. having an insightful understanding), conveying the meaning "insightful", now written as 聰. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 心 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → In ancient China, it was thought that the heart was the center of thought and reasoning.
- type: meaning, iconic → iconic
- 囱 SoundIconic
- hint: Depiction of the piercing. Also written 匆 in other variant. → Depicts a line piercing. Represents having an insightful understanding in one's thoughts.
- type: iconic → sound, iconic
- 心 Iconic
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.762
- + 林志強《《文源》評注》p.36
- + 張世超《金文形義通解》p.2443-2444
- + Ning Yu "Heart and Cognition in Ancient Chinese Philosophy"
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 悤 — "[mongo:TMP98gz7vnyK2Gyr7] Rollback JdAoBWZBBQJH5HE6H"
- Hint
- Depicts a line (囱) piercing a heart (心) (i.e. having an insightful understanding), conveying the meaning "insightful", now written as 聰. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Depiction of a line piercing a heart, originally representing a deep understanding, which is now written 聰. The modern meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Components
- 心 MeaningIconic
- hint: In ancient China, it was thought that the heart was the center of thought and reasoning. → (empty)
- type: iconic → meaning, iconic
- 囱 Iconic
- hint: Depicts a line piercing. Represents having an insightful understanding in one's thoughts. → Depiction of the piercing. Also written 匆 in other variant.
- type: sound, iconic → iconic
- 心 MeaningIconic
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
- + 季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.761-762
- + 董蓮池 《說文解字考正》 p.404
- + The Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, Outlier Linguistics
- + Wiktionary, 匆
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 彑 — "[mongo:Ap8wf9px9PLMaWbbv] Rollback 4zB9z29RDf6qhqWrr"
- Gloss
- snout → snout, head of a wild boar
- Hint
- A head-on view of a snout → Pictograph of the head of a wild boar. Remnant of 㣇.
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- - 一 Iconic
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.735
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edit character approved 彑 — "[mongo:4zB9z29RDf6qhqWrr] Rollback gpseQ3q8G8pbSrzY6"
- Gloss
- snout, head of a wild boar → snout
- Hint
- Pictograph of the head of a wild boar. Remnant of 㣇. → A head-on view of a snout
- Components
- + 一 Iconic
Changed: gloss, hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 𠆐 — "[mongo:cvGey7Jjv7odMqHTN] stroke"
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edit character approved 亴 — "[mongo:Fyu4jSW6rgir6T9mn] stroke"
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edit character approved 𠅬 — "[mongo:aEbhQeKvzwC5qkYC8] stroke"
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edit character approved 𠅚 — "[mongo:vnNfu3bzQHdW34Tc2] stroke"
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edit character approved 亰 — "[mongo:fELoHR2ofCfBQYRkT] stroke"
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edit character approved 亯 — "[mongo:EGWmBLWgRWNSvsQcp] stroke"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 9 strokes
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Bronze (Early Warring States (~400 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
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edit character approved 𠅌 — "[mongo:ZygMWGYMwvifbN5vs] stroke"
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edit character approved 𠅂 — "[mongo:Q4LpmahEP9yvAxdta] stroke"
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edit character approved 亣 — "[mongo:puCFDTk4rXBnQvFGZ] stroke"
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edit character approved 𠄿 — "[mongo:KajBQpQZgL8nNEJd3] stroke"
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edit character approved 𠄱 — "[mongo:3BKmtD5nhRKE7oncQ] stroke"
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edit character approved 𠄮 — "[mongo:HyQT9jQWuypoqu2dm] stroke"
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edit character approved 亝 — "[mongo:K2RqxWCyeu3tM8PZ4] stroke"
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edit character approved 𠄣 — "[mongo:PYALayxgHtSnpjbk6] stroke"
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edit character approved 亗 — "[mongo:XAdmWJfRiknpCr4wk] stroke"
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edit character approved 亖 — "[mongo:aucLFYPxrmkcz2EkH] stroke"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 4 strokes
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
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edit character approved 聰 — "[mongo:o6Qdj9Q3i4Cih6hXf] Rollback 3TbpRnuSnqHxGDFfP"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 悤 represents the sound. → Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 悤 represents the sound. Originally written as 悤.
- Components
- 悤 SoundMeaning
- type: sound → sound, meaning
- 悤 SoundMeaning
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 𠄚 — "[mongo:zKzWN9R63sTSSwDrt] stroke"
No field changes detected.
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edit character approved 爽 — "[mongo:p462XvwWhwWXBLabv] Rollback DfLspAoyZtben6GEf"
- Gloss
- happy → refreshing, clear, happy
- Hint
- A person 大 breathing lots of fresh air 爻 → Depicts a person (大) carrying things (爻) under each arm. Based on the original meaning "match, pair".
- Original meaning
- match, pair
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 大 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → Depicts a person.
- type: meaning → iconic
- 爻 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → Depicts a thing carried under the arm.
- type: meaning, remnant → iconic
- isFromOriginalMeaning: true → false
- 大 Iconic
- Historical pronunciations
- + OC: *sraŋɁ MC: srjangX
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, pronunciations
edit character approved 爽 — "[mongo:DfLspAoyZtben6GEf] Rollback GpkpbbWXD5oLMZLeZ"
- Gloss
- refreshing, clear, happy → happy
- Hint
- Depicts a person (大) carrying things (爻) under each arm. Based on the original meaning "match, pair". → A person 大 breathing lots of fresh air 爻
- Original meaning
- a matching pair
- Components
- 大 Meaning
- hint: Depicts a person. → (empty)
- type: iconic → meaning
- 爻 MeaningRemnant
- hint: Depicts a thing carried under the arm. → (empty)
- type: iconic → meaning, remnant
- isFromOriginalMeaning: false → true
- 大 Meaning
- Historical pronunciations
- + OC: *sraŋɁ MC: srjangX
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, pronunciations
edit character approved 㐨 — "[mongo:J48jx2BADaSHrB7pz] stroke "
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edit character approved 𠄖 — "[mongo:uejoNv6hXt35JWmzk] stroke"
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edit character approved 𠄒 — "[mongo:3z9BAcR3X5HiNdp8Z] stroke"
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edit character approved 閃 — "[mongo:vpsF48uhk5JYM5m23] Rollback ik34jkSr3h7adsroy"
- Hint
- Depicts a person (人) standing in the middle of a doorway (門). → Depicts a person (人) peeking through the space in the middle of a door (門). Based on the original meaning "peek". The meaning later shifted to "dodge" and "flash".
- Original meaning
- peek
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 門 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- 人 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- 門 Iconic
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 閃 — "[mongo:ik34jkSr3h7adsroy] Rollback 86bFfPLjAxTqt3sYr"
- Hint
- Depicts a person (人) peeking through the space in the middle of a door (門). Based on the original meaning "peek". The meaning later shifted to "dodge" and "flash". → Depicts a person (人) standing in the middle of a doorway (門).
- Components
- 門 Meaning
- type: iconic → meaning
- 人 Meaning
- type: iconic → meaning
- 門 Meaning
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 奪 — "[mongo:3mKrWsN5BP4cYY3Tw] Rollback nryarzCqQzZfiWmBn"
- Hint
- A man 大 grasping 寸 a bird 隹 → Depicts a hand (寸) snatching a bird (隹). The top component was originally 衣 (clothes), depicting a person holding a bird in their clothes, but later it was reanalyzed as a phonetic component, written as either 兌 or 大.
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 大 Sound
- type: meaning → sound
- 隹 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- 寸 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- 大 Sound
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 奪 — "[mongo:nryarzCqQzZfiWmBn] Rollback EwscL2r3hBzuvLzAK"
- Hint
- Depicts a hand (寸) snatching a bird (隹). The top component was originally 衣 (clothes), depicting a person holding a bird in their clothes, but later it was reanalyzed as a phonetic component, written as either 兌 or 大. → A man 大 grasping 寸 a bird 隹
- Components
- 大 Meaning
- type: sound → meaning
- 隹 Meaning
- type: iconic → meaning
- 寸 Meaning
- type: iconic → meaning
- 大 Meaning
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edit character approved 𠄑 — "[mongo:SDkwqWR8sbuhwuhLF] stroke"
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edit character approved 桑 — "[mongo:pXwHausAnsef6zEMu] Rollback Rh7TAsY6Ecmd6GgFp"
- Hint
- A tree 木 bearing berries 叒 → Depicts the leaves of a mulberry tree (木). The leaves from a mulberry tree were the food silkworms would eat.
- Components
- 木 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- + ◎ Iconic Depicts the leaves from the mulberry trees. Modern form looks like unrelated 叒.
- - 叒 Meaning
- 木 Iconic
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: hint, components, sources
edit character approved 桑 — "[mongo:Rh7TAsY6Ecmd6GgFp] Rollback 2SwWWfs9mernySxmg"
- Hint
- Depicts the leaves of a mulberry tree (木). The leaves from a mulberry tree were the food silkworms would eat. → A tree 木 bearing berries 叒
- Components
- 木 Meaning
- type: iconic → meaning
- + 叒 Meaning
- - ◎ Iconic
- 木 Meaning
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edit character approved 喪 — "[mongo:7r7tNZCs2imPxGurN] Rollback 5E7eWvsYJ7KcrwKfJ"
- Hint
- To cry 哭 over the dead 亡 → Depicts multiple mouths (吅) wailing to mourn the death (亡) of someone. 桑 and 亡 represent the sound.
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 亡 SoundMeaning
- type: iconic → sound, meaning
- isGlyphChanged: (empty) → true
- + 桑 Sound
- + 吅 Iconic Depicts multiple mouths wailing.
- - 土 Iconic
- - 口 Iconic
- 亡 SoundMeaning
- Strokes (simplified)
- 12 strokes
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Bronze (Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC))
- + Seal (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.107
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 喪 — "[mongo:5E7eWvsYJ7KcrwKfJ] Rollback aXn55xZvg8vCH432q"
- Hint
- Depicts multiple mouths (吅) wailing to mourn the death (亡) of someone. 桑 and 亡 represent the sound. → To cry 哭 over the dead 亡
- Components
- 亡 Iconic
- type: sound, meaning → iconic
- isGlyphChanged: true → (empty)
- + 土 Iconic
- + 口 Iconic
- - 桑 Sound
- - 吅 Iconic
- 亡 Iconic
- Strokes (simplified)
- 12 strokes
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Bronze (Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC))
- + Seal (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 丧 — "[mongo:Cxtd8awytbtbpTuwp] Rollback t44BscyHNoo6GsMra"
- Hint
- Simplified form of 喪; to cry 哭 over the dead 亡 → Simplified form of 喪. Depicts multiple mouths (吅) wailing to mourn the death (亡) of someone. 桑 and 亡 represent the sound.
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 亡 SoundMeaning
- type: iconic → sound, meaning
- isGlyphChanged: (empty) → true
- + 桑 Sound
- + 吅 IconicSimplified Depicts multiple mouths wailing.
- 亡 SoundMeaning
- Strokes (simplified)
- 8 strokes
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.107
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 丧 — "[mongo:t44BscyHNoo6GsMra] Rollback 7zaon3JNCnNCLaKQH"
- Hint
- Simplified form of 喪. Depicts multiple mouths (吅) wailing to mourn the death (亡) of someone. 桑 and 亡 represent the sound. → Simplified form of 喪; to cry 哭 over the dead 亡
- Components
- 亡 Iconic
- type: sound, meaning → iconic
- isGlyphChanged: true → (empty)
- - 桑 Sound
- - 吅 IconicSimplified
- 亡 Iconic
- Strokes (simplified)
- 8 strokes
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edit character approved 嚮 — "[mongo:6yJRxdG3EALpDTTon] Rollback mnxFWvdwny8pL2qCB"
- Hint
- Towards 向 the country 鄉; 鄉 also provides the pronunciation → Phonosemantic compound. 鄉 represents the sound and 向 represents the meaning.
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 鄉 Sound
- type: sound, meaning → sound
- 向 SoundMeaning
- type: meaning → sound, meaning
- 鄉 Sound
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 嚮 — "[mongo:mnxFWvdwny8pL2qCB] Rollback JQSJZYok7oJtJ3qKk"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 鄉 represents the sound and 向 represents the meaning. → Towards 向 the country 鄉; 鄉 also provides the pronunciation
- Components
- 鄉 SoundMeaning
- type: sound → sound, meaning
- 向 Meaning
- type: sound, meaning → meaning
- 鄉 SoundMeaning
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