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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:thM2F7yrAEKXv7tzW] Rollback nxFpHBJjo4QTqjppk" by inralback19
    Gloss
    opening hole, opening
    Hint
    The mouth 乚 of a crying baby 子 Depicts an opening in a child's (子) head, representing the fontanel. Based on the original meaning "fontanel". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "hole" and "opening".
    Original meaning
    fontanel
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • Iconic
      • type: meaning iconic
    • + Iconic Depicts an opening.
    • - Meaning
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:nxFpHBJjo4QTqjppk] Rollback vDAzW6Je8P6ST8MbH" by inralback19
    Gloss
    hole, opening opening
    Hint
    Depicts an opening in a child's (子) head, representing the fontanel. Based on the original meaning "fontanel". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "hole" and "opening". The mouth 乚 of a crying baby 子
    Components
    • Meaning
      • type: iconic meaning
    • + Meaning
    • - Iconic

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:fCYHoZ2ZFP7kXqBCS] " by inralback19

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:DF8stSiT2LqZJSi4B] Rollback rKLRXqMis7MR6KScY" by inralback19
    Hint
    Pictograph of a pot floruishing with plants. Depicts a loud "feng feng" (丰) sound coming from a large drum (壴). Based on the original meaning "loud full sound", which later shifted to "great" and "abundant".
    Original meaning
    loud full sound
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • Sound
      • type: iconic sound
    • + Iconic
    • - Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    18 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Bronze (Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:rKLRXqMis7MR6KScY] Rollback 8pJog8rneo2qJ4Dhf" by inralback19
    Hint
    Depicts a loud "feng feng" (丰) sound coming from a large drum (壴). Based on the original meaning "loud full sound", which later shifted to "great" and "abundant". Pictograph of a pot floruishing with plants.
    Components
    • Iconic
      • type: sound iconic
    • + Iconic Here used to represent a pot.
    • - Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    18 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Bronze (Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:LQNbcstidYaYhzhEi] Rollback vzQmwQWLD3zpbAnyQ" by inralback19

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:vzQmwQWLD3zpbAnyQ] test" by inralback19
    Hint
    Place 二 the hone ?; 二 also hope a children

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:cZQe5MsAvfzERDEEz] Rollback MLrZYDczFEXZxCAek" by inralback19
    Strokes (simplified)
    32 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:sjhANidJqhwx44Ayv] Meaning and sound" by inralback19

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:QDJbzBs3TowTPJXA9] Rollback WZ6kLXPd8WP4y9K3a" by inralback19
    Gloss
    dye dye, infect, be contagious
    Hint
    Water 氵 and wine 九 mixed in a wooden 木 bowl Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 杂 represents the sound.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • + Meaning
    • + Sound
    • - 氿 Meaning
    • - Meaning
    Strokes (simplified)
    9 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:WZ6kLXPd8WP4y9K3a] Rollback pGcXH2Bhv2XCCR2hk" by inralback19
    Gloss
    dye, infect, be contagious dye
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 杂 represents the sound. Water 氵 and wine 九 mixed in a wooden 木 bowl
    Components
    • + 氿 Meaning
    • + Meaning
    • - Meaning
    • - Sound
    Strokes (simplified)
    9 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))

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  • edit character approved 氿 — "[mongo:Nf7BP3uQH3gTJdfHP] verify" by inralback19

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:4gdCN4JvHupTK6sdh] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved 𠂸 — "[mongo:fLkMRuMLBck6fxKfj] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:AMge5WBFJeYNW82x6] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:3Gjj8gbGiNQX4tXoR] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:CArYPXXPPFhuf23HP] Rollback uP8AkzXTYYBRWNsqH" by inralback19
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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:YcrR4D5TqTmegndaT] Rollback Xcowm8EwMdJBzwsyt" by inralback19
    Hint
    A hand 彐 holding a pen; compare 聿 Variant of 聿. Pictograph of a hand holding a writing utensil.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • + Iconic
    • + Iconic Depicts a writing utensil.
    • - Iconic
    • - Iconic
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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:Xcowm8EwMdJBzwsyt] Rollback 8AkYJyJEi2bmgA4NN" by inralback19
    Hint
    Variant of 聿. Pictograph of a hand holding a writing utensil. A hand 彐 holding a pen; compare 聿
    Components
    • + Iconic
    • + Iconic
    • - Iconic
    • - Iconic

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:2CesjceoDagyxm5f9] Rollback bgRHcd3CEhF7pSmXf" by inralback19
    Strokes (simplified)
    5 strokes

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:bgRHcd3CEhF7pSmXf] Rollback QgivivX3M8hxn7qPE" by inralback19
    Strokes (simplified)
    5 strokes

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:5fAqKfrR6KL4ZXzTs] Rollback B6Zy2iWisRhL96aSj" by inralback19
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    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:B6Zy2iWisRhL96aSj] Rollback 7NXcBxd4WT27Bf3H2" by inralback19
    Strokes (simplified)
    1 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:FdJ8eJPQjmqrnaaqc] Rollback ZD7S4cxv4oYPieaKJ" by inralback19
    Stroke count (simplified)
    1
    Historical images
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:MLrZYDczFEXZxCAek] Rollback R2FCJWbejmSixW5dt" by inralback19
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:QgivivX3M8hxn7qPE] Rollback cPLqGj66SL7JEAP3z" by inralback19
    Strokes (simplified)
    5 strokes

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:8mpducMnx5cemeRFC] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:CPqKkpzF24KF66Z8d] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:cPLqGj66SL7JEAP3z] updated stroke" by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    5 strokes
    5 strokes

    Source: animcjk dong

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:qMui9LvQf424deYgC] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:tduyLvdprX9greAMg] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved 𠃖 — "[mongo:JvKy2txz2bmB959dZ] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved 𠪃 — "[mongo:DoahXkH2G7tSXD6qY] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved 𠂧 — "[mongo:oy3CRFTWP2Dqnhr3s] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved 𠂥 — "[mongo:3eMpZQ9vRnodFKLbz] stroke" by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    𠂥
    6 strokes

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  • edit character approved 𠂥 — "[mongo:j6o5KoC5NAhvirq78] Rollback LnQbk7AhtMX9y5BkZ" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved 𠂥 — "[mongo:LnQbk7AhtMX9y5BkZ] stroke" by Marcus Ngai
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    𠂥
    6 strokes
    𠂥
    6 strokes

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  • edit character approved 𠂟 — "[mongo:rsWnYLJoWcyBdtcCo] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:7NXcBxd4WT27Bf3H2] Rollback ZD7S4cxv4oYPieaKJ" by Marcus Ngai
    Historical images
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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  • edit character approved 𠂄 — "[mongo:BdNgppRRCb4nueDLp] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:XhETSxustj3o6EktZ] iconic" by Prismcool
    Components
    • SoundIconic
      • type: sound sound, iconic

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:k9xPEr6KhL6xviqCw] changed explanation" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Origin unclear. 耂, which is a pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves (original form of 楮), represents the sound. Pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves, now written as 楮. The distinguishing mark 口 was added later. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
    Original meaning
    paper mulberry
    Components
    • Distinguishing
      • hint: The purpose of this component is unclear. (empty)
      • type: unknown distinguishing
    Sources
    • + 林志強《《文源》評注》p.524-525
    • + 李学勤《字源》p.290

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:gf6qmmpatTqWhzXJF] changed" by Prismcool
    Sources
    • + 林志強《《文源》評注》p.524-525
    • + 李学勤《字源》p.290

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:mjy5yJ8JXBxJ55Pmb] paper mulberry" by Prismcool
    Gloss
    old, paper mulberry paper mulberry
    Hint
    耂 has two origins depending on its meaning when used as a component. (1) 耂 is a component form of 老, which is a pictograph of an old person with long hair. (2) Pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves, now written as 楮. Original form of 楮. Pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves. Visually the same but unrelated to the component form of 老.

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:aWkz9Gki2X2jANKNY] 老" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Depicts an old man (耂) with a cane (丂). Originally the same character as 老. Based on the original meaning "old father". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Depicts an old man (老) with a cane (丂). Originally the same character as 老. Based on the original meaning "old father". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
    Components
    • + IconicRemnant
    • - Iconic

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:nzvYnz48o8RymN6if] edit" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of an old person with long hair bent over and leaning on a cane. Pictograph of an old person with long hair bent over and leaning on a cane. When used as a component, the cane is omitted.

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  • edit character approved 𠁭 — "[mongo:nXvKePHG7avvFq3QE] stoke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved 𠁠 — "[mongo:3Fbkam23Tmn4EbTBk] stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:QpuqS5vbTDAag8Scw] Edit" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Remnant of 㓷. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 𰄩 represents the sound. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
    Components
    • + 𰄩 SoundRemnant
    • - Sound
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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:Zr9d2uLe7kXfYGMZu] Verify" by Prismcool
    Verified
    No Yes
    Sources

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