Recent Changes

  • edit character approved — "夂, 止 -> 夅. Added additional source as well." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Depicts two feet (夂, 止) descending down a hill (阝). Depicts two feet (夅) descending down a hill (阝).
    Components
    • + SoundIconic Depicts two feet walking down a hill.
    • - Iconic
    • - Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    8 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Bronze (Warring States (475-221 BC))
    • + Seal (Qin dynasty (221-206 BC))
    • + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
    Sources

    Changed: hint, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved — "Not an edit: Should I replace the 夂 component with the 夊 component? It's seen in the seal script, so I feel like it'd be fitting." by Marcus Ngai
    Verified
    No Yes
    Stroke count (simplified)
    9
    Strokes (simplified)
    9 strokes
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    • Component 1: 1-3
    • Component 2: 4-6
    • Component 3: 7-9
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
    • + Seal (Qin dynasty (221-206 BC))
    • + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
    Historical pronunciations
    • + baxter-sagart OC: *[ɢ]ˤ(r)oʔ-s MC: huwH
    Sources

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  • edit character approved 𡕒 — "gloss, description, source" by Marcus Ngai
    Gloss
    step astride
    Hint
    Original form of 跨. Depicts a right foot pointing downwards.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Sources

    Changed: gloss, hint, verified, sources

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  • edit character approved — "gloss, description, source" by Marcus Ngai
    Gloss
    step astride
    Hint
    Variant form of 𡕒. Depicts a right foot pointing downwards.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Sources

    Changed: gloss, hint, verified, sources

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  • edit character approved — "Verify" by inralback19

    No field changes detected.

    Changed: verified, sources

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    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved — "verify" by inralback19

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    Changed: verified, sources

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    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved — "hi " by inralback19
    Hint
    Depicts three feet (止) to indicate hurried movement. Not related to 牛 (cow) in the modern form. Modern component form is written as 卉 which indicates an entirely different character. Depicts three feet (止) to indicate hurried movement. Not related to 牛 (cow) in the modern form.

    Changed: hint

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    approved by Prismcool

  • edit character approved — "im pretty sure remnant means its a modern remnant" by inralback19
    Components
    • SoundIconicRemnant
      • type: sound, iconic sound, iconic, remnant

    Changed: components

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    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved — "meaning" by inralback19
    Hint
    Originally written as 某. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound.

    Changed: hint

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    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved — "be consistent" by inralback19
    Hint
    Originally written as 正. Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. In simplified Chinese, it's also the simplified form of 徵. Originally written as 正. Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. In simplified Chinese 征 is also used to mean "invade", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 徵.

    Changed: hint

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    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved — "add the meaning component like trad" by inralback19
    Components
    • SoundMeaning
      • type: sound sound, meaning

    Changed: components

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    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved — "improved design" by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    12 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Seal (Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC))
    • + Clerical (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))

    Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved — "woops, adding sources again" by Marcus Ngai
    Sources

    Changed: sources

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  • edit character approved — "source + description + gloss" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Depicts a foot pointing downwards. Upside-down version of 止. Depicts a left foot pointing downards.
    Sources

    Changed: gloss, hint, verified, sources

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  • edit character approved — "Tweaked description" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Variant form of 夊. 夂 is a component form of 止, which is a pictograph of a foot. Variant form of 夊. Depicts a left foot pointing downards.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "Labelled this character as a variant of 夊, as in the 漢語多功能庫, the character 夊 has an entry, while 夂 doesn't." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    夂 is a component form of 止, which is a pictograph of a foot. Variant form of 夊. 夂 is a component form of 止, which is a pictograph of a foot.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "slight tweak to description." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Originally written as 某, also a variant of 梅. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 某 represents the sound. Originally written as 某, also variant form of 梅. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 某 represents the sound.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "linked 臥 as the character this variant comes form." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Depicts a person (人) with their eye (臣) leaning forward preparing to lie down and sleep. Variant form of 臥. Depicts a person (人) with their eye (臣) leaning forward preparing to lie down and sleep.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "added information" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Originally written as 某, also variant form of 梅. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 某 represents the sound. Originally written as 某, also a variant of 梅. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 某 represents the sound.
    Historical pronunciations
    • + OC: *C.mˁə MC: mwoj

    Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images, pronunciations

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  • edit character approved — "Added 徵 as the traditional form, while still separating it from the character's original meaning. (Tweak it a bit if you think it's not clear enough, or just revert this edit, idk)." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Originally written as 正. Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. Originally written as 正. Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. In simplified Chinese, it's also the simplified form of 徵.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "Linked original character. (I'm not sure whether it's necessary though, revert if it is unnecessary)." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound. Originally written as 某. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "original meaning" by Marcus Ngai
    Original meaning
    plum

    Changed: original meaning

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  • edit character approved 𣥂 — "added "right" to description (Source: https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E6%AD%A2)" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Reversal of 止. Pictograph of a foot. Reversal of 止. Pictograph of a right foot.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "added "left" to description (Source: https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E6%AD%A2)" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Pictograph of a foot. The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "stop". Pictograph of a left foot. The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "stop".

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "made design less squished" by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    3 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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  • edit character approved 𱍂 — "stroke" by Marcus Ngai

    No field changes detected.

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  • edit character approved — "source + changed gloss + component details + description" by Marcus Ngai
    Gloss
    intermittent fever malaria
    Hint
    Simplified form of 瘧. Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 虐 represents the sound.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • Meaning
      • hint: sickness (empty)
    • SoundSimplifiedRemnant
      • type: simplified, remnant sound, simplified, remnant

    Changed: gloss, hint, verified, components

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  • edit character approved — "Rollback b3EoKuQ7Mto3rQqd4" by Prismcool
    Components
    • Sound
      • type: sound, meaning sound

    Changed: components

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  • edit character approved — "standardized description + source + changed component" by Marcus Ngai
    Components
    • Sound
      • type: sound, meaning sound

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources

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  • edit character approved — "source + changed component" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound. Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • + 𤣩 Meaning
    • - Meaning
    Sources

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources

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  • edit character approved — "add comp" by inralback19
    Components
    • Meaning
      • hint: (empty) sickness
    • SimplifiedRemnant
      • type: sound, simplified, remnant simplified, remnant
    Strokes (simplified)
    8 strokes
    8 strokes

    Source: animcjk dong

    Changed: components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character rejected — "-" by inralback19
    Components
    • Sound
      • type: sound, meaning sound

    Changed: components

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  • edit character approved — "dont put slash" by inralback19
    Historical pronunciations
      • oldChinese: /*Cə.ləŋ-s/ *Cə.ləŋ-s

    Changed: pronunciations

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    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character rejected — "Depicts a foot (止) going out towards city walls (丁). 丁 also represents the sound." by inralback19
    Components
    • SoundIconic
      • hint: Depicts a foot walking towards a city. Depicts a foot (止) going out towards city walls (丁). 丁 also represents the sound.

    Changed: components

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  • edit character approved — "description, sources, old pronunciations, components, stroke order, etc." by Marcus Ngai
    Historical pronunciations
    • + OC: /*Cə.ləŋ-s/ MC: zyingH
    • - zhengzhang

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images, pronunciations

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  • edit character approved — "component strokes" by Marcus Ngai
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    • Component 1: 1-5
    • Component 2: 6-18

    Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved — "description, components, source" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 節 represents the sound.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • + Meaning
    • + Sound
    Sources

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, pronunciations

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  • edit character approved — "verify + standardized description." by Marcus Ngai

    No field changes detected.

    Changed: hint, verified, sources

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  • edit character approved — "Put "Modern form of the component looks different than the character it comes from" on the wrong component, woops." by Marcus Ngai
    Components
    • Iconic
      • isGlyphChanged: (empty) true
    • Iconic
      • isGlyphChanged: true false

    Changed: components

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  • edit character approved — "changed positions of sentences in description" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. Originally written as 正. Originally written as 正. Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "updated components and description (Source: https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E4%B9%98) It doesn't really look great though imo..." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Depicts a person (人) who has climbed up a tree (木). Depicts a person (大) who has used their legs (舛) to climb up a tree (木).
    Components
    • Iconic
      • isGlyphChanged: (empty) true
    • + Iconic
    • + Iconic
    • - Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    10 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Bronze (Warring States (475-221 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))

    Changed: hint, components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved — "updated description" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound. Variant form of 說. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "swapp components" by inralback19
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    • Component 1: 1-12 1-11
    • Component 2: 13-14 12-14

    Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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    approved by Prismcool

  • edit character approved — "tweaked design to match fonts" by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    13 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

    Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved — "description standardization" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 龖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 襲. Simplified form of 襲. Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 龖 represents the sound.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character rejected — "Not an edit: DONT GET TOOOOOO deep. " by inralback19

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  • edit character approved — "verify" by inralback19
    Hint
    Simplified form of 襲. Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 龖 represents the sound. Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 龖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 襲.

    Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources

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    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved — "Not an edit: 襲 was originally written as 𲀭 in oracle bone script, but it's not shown in the dictionary. How do we tell users what the original form looks like when it's not in the database?" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "original meaning + source" by Marcus Ngai
    Original meaning
    putting on extra clothing
    Verified
    No Yes
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "Verify" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Duplication of 龍.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • + Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    32 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    Sources

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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