Recent Changes
edit character approved 鄉 — "[mongo:Qi2mf4Z63XwTwWZwy] Rollback RWDhzGKjn9DZ4xdxa"
- Gloss
- hometown → country
- Components
- 卩 Iconic
- isGlyphChanged: true → (empty)
- + 皀 Iconic Pictograph of a food vessel for holding grain.
- - 飠 Iconic
- 卩 Iconic
Changed: gloss, original meaning, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 聰 — "[mongo:3TbpRnuSnqHxGDFfP] Rollback YWxBraFBYYmLZ4wZS"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 悤 represents the sound. Originally written as 悤. → Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 悤 represents the sound.
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 導 — "[mongo:Cu6iEDMd9zza4D94h] Rollback SFTfs25wGKD5qmnzB"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 15 strokes
- Historical images
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD))
Changed: components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 穆 — "[mongo:dnapr4obApkFqcWjD] Rollback MgYgHyEJuYsyYvA7Z"
- Hint
- Depicts the ripe drooping ears of a grain stalk (禾). 彡 was later added as a decorative mark. Based on the original meaning "ears of a grain plant". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "majestic".
- Original meaning
- ears of a grain plant
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 禾 Iconic
- hint: grain → (empty)
- type: meaning → iconic
- isFromOriginalMeaning: (empty) → true
- + ◎ Iconic Depicts the ripe drooping ear of a grain stalk.
- + 彡 Distinguishing Used here as a decorative mark.
- - 㣎 Sound
- 禾 Iconic
- Strokes (simplified)
- 16 strokes
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Bronze (Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD))
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 穆 — "[mongo:MgYgHyEJuYsyYvA7Z] Rollback XsM2DSrHQF9ghAury"
- Components
- 禾 Meaning
- hint: (empty) → grain
- type: iconic → meaning
- isFromOriginalMeaning: true → (empty)
- + 㣎 Sound
- - ◎ Iconic
- - 彡 Distinguishing
- 禾 Meaning
- Strokes (simplified)
- 16 strokes
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Bronze (Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD))
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 願 — "[mongo:NMLTQWtfiw7TsEWCr] Rollback eidD6o4M99SdnqZkc"
- Gloss
- sincere → desire
Changed: gloss
edit character approved 㒼 — "[mongo:CpyhPcfDsbFWo8afT] Rollback GwXgqTRQv3BJZBJTc"
- Gloss
- average → equal
- Hint
- Origin unclear. The top part may depict a cap or seal, and 兩 is possibly a phonetic component. → Twenty (廿) and two (兩) are numbers that can be divided into two equal parts.
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 兩 Meaning
- hint: May be an outdated sound component. → (empty)
- type: sound → meaning
- + 廿 Meaning
- - ◎ Iconic
- 兩 Meaning
- Strokes (simplified)
- 11 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- Sources
Changed: gloss, hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 㒼 — "[mongo:GwXgqTRQv3BJZBJTc] Rollback y8XuafKN3Y2dYHgw2"
- Gloss
- equal → average
- Hint
- Twenty (廿) and two (兩) are numbers that can be divided into two equal parts. → Origin unclear. The top part may depict a cap or seal, and 兩 is possibly a phonetic component.
- Components
- 兩 Sound
- hint: (empty) → May be an outdated sound component.
- type: meaning → sound
- + ◎ Iconic May depict a cap or seal.
- - 廿 Meaning
- 兩 Sound
- Strokes (simplified)
- 11 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
Changed: gloss, hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 离 — "[mongo:HqQReYipvBWgyRc2x] Rollback NjX563Av2X7JdbSQB"
- Hint
- Simplified form of 離. 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". The 隹 (bird) component was removed for simplification. → Pictograph of a legendary mountain demon with horns and a tail beween its legs, now written as 魑.
- Components
- - 離 Remnant
Changed: hint, original meaning, components
edit character approved 既 — "[mongo:34WToP4GCidnHsczR] Rollback sbFaoEgkwJrzqi4W2"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 皀 represents the meaning and 旡 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "finish eating". The meaning later shifted to "complete" and "already". → Depicts a person, who is full, turning away (旡) from a container of food (皀). Based on the original meaning "finish eating". The meaning later shifted to "complete" and "already".
- Components
- 皀 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- 旡 SoundIconic
- type: sound, meaning → sound, iconic
- 皀 Iconic
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 既 — "[mongo:sbFaoEgkwJrzqi4W2] Rollback yPbM5uFrrsC2vc7WM"
- Hint
- Depicts a person, who is full, turning away (旡) from a container of food (皀). Based on the original meaning "finish eating". The meaning later shifted to "complete" and "already". → Phonosemantic compound. 皀 represents the meaning and 旡 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "finish eating". The meaning later shifted to "complete" and "already".
- Components
- 皀 Meaning
- type: iconic → meaning
- 旡 SoundMeaning
- type: sound, iconic → sound, meaning
- 皀 Meaning
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 佃 — "[mongo:aoPWx4WQLDjvD2Mwm] berify"
No field changes detected.
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 朁 — "[mongo:PWdhuA2SYvvQp3hLd] Rollback PrnNkhJmF8BiF62dW"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 曰 represents the meaning and 兓 represents the sound.
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- + 兓 Sound
- + 曰 Meaning
- Strokes (simplified)
- 12 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Late Western Zhou (~800 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
- Sources
- + zi.tools
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 朁 — "[mongo:PrnNkhJmF8BiF62dW] Rollback zS6XMRMpQDkRAvEHD"
- Components
- - 兓 Sound
- - 曰 Meaning
- Strokes (simplified)
- 12 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Late Western Zhou (~800 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 兓 — "[mongo:7xMbzGo8PcxhQ2pgr] Rollback GXoakBFReetZSJmGq"
- Gloss
- sharp
- Hint
- Duplication of 兂 (hairpin).
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- + 兂 Iconic Depicts a woman kneeling with a hairpin in her hair.
- - 旡 Sound
- Sources
- + 說文解字
- + Wiktionary
Changed: gloss, hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 兓 — "[mongo:GXoakBFReetZSJmGq] Rollback yuBr4E5u24MRDkRdJ"
- Components
- + 旡 Sound
- - 兂 Iconic
Changed: gloss, hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 朁 — "[mongo:ECTYKaucBg5TjWEyi] look"
- Components
- 曰 Meaning
- isGlyphChanged: true → false
- 曰 Meaning
Changed: components
edit character approved 朁 — "[mongo:tAJsKiY7mBhrR8rYW] look"
- Components
- 曰 Meaning
- hint: Modern form looks like unrelated 日. → (empty)
- 曰 Meaning
Changed: components
edit character approved 亄 — "[mongo:XqK6RhCJTqAeGfYYw] Rollback 3XxdZJ2JMP3hibbrX"
- Components
- - Meaning
Changed: components
edit character approved 亄 — "[mongo:3XxdZJ2JMP3hibbrX] Rollback pdPFjrpiPxve3XEjn"
- Components
- + Meaning
Changed: components
edit character approved 中 — "[mongo:5ZTmH2ovvk5o9mn4B] Rollback SavX4gqjo456ZjBKn"
- Hint
- Depicts a flagpole. There is a circle in the middle marking the center of the flagpole. In older forms of the character, the flagpole has streamers at the top and bottom used to show the direction of the wind → Depicts a flagpole. There is a circle in the middle marking the center of the flagpole. In older forms of the character, the flagpole has streamers at the top and bottom used to show the direction of the wind.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 中 — "[mongo:SavX4gqjo456ZjBKn] Rollback Hd4996XJZZR9SJbcx"
- Hint
- Depicts a flagpole. There is a circle in the middle marking the center of the flagpole. In older forms of the character, the flagpole has streamers at the top and bottom used to show the direction of the wind. → Depicts a flagpole. There is a circle in the middle marking the center of the flagpole. In older forms of the character, the flagpole has streamers at the top and bottom used to show the direction of the wind
Changed: hint
edit character approved 尖 — "[mongo:5xLMziEaPzeB9DmMk] verify"
No field changes detected.
Changed: hint, verified, sources
edit character approved 訊 — "[mongo:TKBA7c5cnFwQcCo5g] Rollback goS7u5uPaJZpqqkFd"
- Hint
- Depicts a mouth (口) interrogating a captured prisoner of war (卂). 卂 also represents the sound. The 口 (mouth) component was later reanalyzed as 言 (speech).
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 言 Iconic
- hint: speech → Originally 口 (mouth). Later reanalyzed as 言 (speech).
- type: meaning → iconic
- 卂 SoundIconic
- hint: (empty) → Depicts a captive prisoner with their hands tied behind their back.
- type: sound → sound, iconic
- 言 Iconic
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 訊 — "[mongo:goS7u5uPaJZpqqkFd] Rollback MGapAiEgy4dbBg5NG"
- Components
- 言 Meaning
- hint: Originally 口 (mouth). Later reanalyzed as 言 (speech). → speech
- type: iconic → meaning
- 卂 Sound
- hint: Depicts a captive prisoner with their hands tied behind their back. → (empty)
- type: sound, iconic → sound
- 言 Meaning
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 𡵂 — "[mongo:HKtKR3NEs6uK5DfHh] Rollback wx3TpHR9R9iT2w2x7"
- Hint
- Variant of 美. Pictograph of a person with ornamental headwear resembling sheep horns. → Variant of 美. Pictograph of a person with ornamental headwear.
- Components
- ◎ Iconic
- hint: Depicts an ornamental headdress. → Depicts an ornamental headwear.
- ◎ Iconic
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 𡵂 — "[mongo:N5zo6GjqvcarbsbCd] Rollback jhaxssqaRufjHTwCf"
- Hint
- Variant of 美. Depicts the profile view of a person wearing an ornamental headdress. → Variant of 美. Pictograph of a person with ornamental headwear resembling sheep horns.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 𡵂 — "[mongo:9XP3dPxN4wxg3hD5t] Rollback wqXaeS7cZoHuD95i3"
- Hint
- Variant of 美. Pictograph of a person with ornamental headwear resembling sheep horns. → Variant of 美. Depicts the profile view of a person wearing an ornamental headdress.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 𡵂 — "[mongo:wx3TpHR9R9iT2w2x7] Rollback jhaxssqaRufjHTwCf"
- Hint
- Variant of 美. Pictograph of a person with ornamental headwear. → Variant of 美. Pictograph of a person with ornamental headwear resembling sheep horns.
- Components
- ◎ Iconic
- hint: Depicts an ornamental headwear. → Depicts an ornamental headdress.
- ◎ Iconic
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 寡 — "[mongo:JcvjeQZQQSkC68s2W] Rollback uuMy9nj4uPqpGLWGd"
- Gloss
- widowed → widowed, alone
- Hint
- Depicts a person living alone in a house (宀). The decorative strokes around the 頁 component corrupted into the unrelated 分.
- Original meaning
- live alone
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- + 宀 Iconic
- + 頁 Iconic Used here to depict a person.
- + ◎ Unknown Originally depicted decorative strokes around 頁. Modern form looks like unrelated 分.
- Strokes (simplified)
- 14 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
- Sources
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 寡 — "[mongo:uuMy9nj4uPqpGLWGd] Rollback nB2aTM7JgZr7ZvaeP"
- Gloss
- widowed, alone → widowed
- Components
- - 宀 Iconic
- - 頁 Iconic
- - ◎ Unknown
- Strokes (simplified)
- 14 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 寿 — "[mongo:J4xZHqnKyL9PC6MeF] verify"
No field changes detected.
Changed: hint, verified, sources
edit character approved 壽 — "[mongo:S6q98waaCjntYiijb] verify"
- Hint
- The top component is a remnant of 老 (old). The origin of the bottom component is unclear. → (empty)
- Components
- 耂 Meaning
- type: unknown → meaning
- 耂 Meaning
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 靑 — "[mongo:Lz86RiB2tBtzucpcK] components"
- Components
- 生 Meaning
- type: sound → meaning
- 井 Sound
- type: meaning → sound
- 生 Meaning
Changed: components
edit character approved 靑 — "[mongo:iwYNQSqfZNjGfvy4M] verify"
- Components
- 生 Sound
- type: meaning → sound
- 井 Meaning
- type: sound → meaning
- 生 Sound
Changed: verified, components, sources
edit character approved 乶 — "[mongo:LuQmZK64bZY99vGLQ] make me hanzi"
No field changes detected.
Changed: components
edit character approved 亄 — "[mongo:pdPFjrpiPxve3XEjn] birth"
- Components
- - Meaning
Changed: components
edit character approved 亄 — "[mongo:bo9fgTK94GuqBPyu6] test"
- Components
- + Meaning
- Strokes (simplified)
- 13 strokes
Changed: components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 囅 — "[mongo:tcNA4WmnRueYw7RTk] sound"
- Components
- + 單 Sound
- + 展 Sound
- Strokes (simplified)
- 22 strokes
Changed: components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 冁 — "[mongo:p5uwZE8B9q2Dwwk9d] sound"
No field changes detected.
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 願 — "[mongo:woRMDRusfabojnkS3] Rollback bzGaWKLg3umi5sbq5"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 19
- Strokes (simplified)
- 19 strokes
- Stroke fragments (simplified)
- →
- Component 1: 1-10
- Component 2: 11-19
- Historical images
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
- Historical pronunciations
- + baxter-sagart OC: *[ŋ]o[n]-s (< nasal + uvular?) MC: ngjwonH
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
edit character approved 願 — "[mongo:eidD6o4M99SdnqZkc] Rollback bzGaWKLg3umi5sbq5"
- Gloss
- desire → sincere
Changed: gloss
edit character approved 皆 — "[mongo:FLEcCdRNktsiBefXc] Rollback ncZbd2ddC2P2my2GJ"
- Hint
- Origin unclear. → Depicts people (从) moving and speaking (曰) together, conveying the meaning "all". (Oversimplified for brevity. The real story of this character is quite complicated.)
- Components
- + 从 Iconic Depicts two people. Modern form looks like 比.
- + 曰 Iconic Modern form looks like 白.
- - 比 Unknown
- - 白 Unknown
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
- + 李学勤《字源》p.289-290
Changed: hint, components, sources
edit character approved 皆 — "[mongo:ncZbd2ddC2P2my2GJ] Rollback BKJeE242sMWPhTKyq"
- Hint
- Depicts people (从) moving and speaking (曰) together, conveying the meaning "all". (Oversimplified for brevity. The real story of this character is quite complicated.) → Origin unclear.
- Components
- + 比 Unknown The purpose of this component is unclear.
- + 白 Unknown The purpose of this component is unclear.
- - 从 Iconic
- - 曰 Iconic
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: hint, components, sources
edit character approved 顛 — "[mongo:9QEitFri8vpvQeEFu] Rollback d2Y8diYWWDhWEprrB"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 19 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 眞 — "[mongo:SPQMkhHmp5FECZwQv] verify"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 10
- Strokes (simplified)
- 10 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC))
- + Seal (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
edit character approved 眞 — "[mongo:tQSmwnF8evmSewNAZ] verify"
- Hint
- Variant of 真.
- Verified
- No → Yes
Changed: hint, verified
edit character approved 眞 — "[mongo:ZTPrTtrKzQSqvnYAZ] Rollback ypgLphuw9GFwKXxJ6"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 10 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC))
- + Seal (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
Changed: hint, original meaning, components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 眞 — "[mongo:SnvaFB29C55dqvDEo] Rollback a6NqbnFevTMu4mJoL"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 10 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC))
- + Seal (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
Changed: hint, original meaning, components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images