Recent Changes

  • edit character rejected — "汉" by inralback19
    Components
    • + Sound
    • - Sound

    Changed: components

    edit character by inralback19

    rejected by Prismcool

    Reviewer: "Still an unnecessary change, 那 is clearly displaying the 冄 component. I don't know why you keep trying to change this entry when everything is perfectly fine."

  • edit character rejected — "冄 is a variant form of 冉, which depicts two strands of hair drooping." by inralback19
    Components
    • Sound
      • hint: 冄 is a component form of 冉. 冄 is a variant form of 冉, which depicts two strands of hair drooping.

    Changed: components

    edit character by inralback19

    rejected by Prismcool

    Reviewer: "Not necessary to change here. This component is not giving an iconic nor meaning role so therefore, it is not neccessary to change the component note."

  • edit character approved — "tattoo the face for a crime committed" by inralback19
    Original meaning
    tattoo the face for a crime committed

    Changed: original meaning

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    approved by Prismcool

  • edit character approved — "improved design, hopefully..." by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    32 strokes
    32 strokes

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  • edit character approved — "temporary adjustment to fix stroke order, will improve design soon" by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    32 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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

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  • edit character approved — "updated design" by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    48 strokes
    48 strokes

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  • edit character approved — "stroke" by inralback19
    Strokes (simplified)
    9 strokes
    9 strokes

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    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved — "add your xerox" by inralback19
    Strokes (simplified)
    48 strokes
    48 strokes

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    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved — "Small adjustment to character design proportions." by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    18 strokes
    18 strokes

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  • edit character approved — "stroke" by inralback19
    Strokes (simplified)
    18 strokes
    18 strokes

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    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved — "remove meaniny" by inralback19

    No field changes detected.

    Changed: original meaning

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    approved by Prismcool

  • edit character approved — "made design less skinny." by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    5 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Bronze (Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))

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

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  • edit character approved — "stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "made 君 bigger." by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    9 strokes
    9 strokes

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  • edit character approved — "stroke" by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    9 strokes
    9 strokes

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  • edit character approved — "stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "Updated etymology description." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鐘. Simplified form of 鐘 and 鍾. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "Updated character design to match fonts." by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    2 strokes

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  • edit character approved — "Made the character not look squished." by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    4 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Bronze (Late Western Zhou (~800 BC))
    • + Seal (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
    • + Clerical (Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD))

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

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  • edit character approved — "𦰩→ 又" by Marcus Ngai
    Components
    • + Simplified Shorthand for the 𦰩 component in the traditional character 艱.
    • - 𦰩 Simplified

    Changed: components

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  • edit character approved — "Updated the whole character. (etymology, components, source, etc.)" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Simplified form of 艱. Originally pictograph of person (卩 or 女) guarding a drum (壴) to report difficulties. Later reanalyzed as a compound of 𦰩 and 艮, which both represent the sound.
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • Sound
      • hint: tough Originally written as 壴 but later reanalyzed as 艮 to represent the sound.
      • type: meaning sound
    • + 𦰩 Simplified Shorthand for the 𦰩 component in the traditional character 艱.
    • - Simplified
    Sources

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources

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  • edit character approved — "Switched component positions." by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    19 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Qin dynasty (221-206 BC))

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

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  • edit character approved — "Switched the positions of where the components show up (前 being introduced first rather than 刀, which is consistant with the top to bottom, left to right format)." by Marcus Ngai
    Strokes (simplified)
    11 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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

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  • edit character rejected — "Added components. 曳 is likely a sound component because it is pronounced "jai6" in cantonese, which matches the pronunciation of "跩" in cantonese (also jai6) " by 龍龖龘𪚥167
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 曳 represents the sound.
    Components
    • + Meaning
    • + Sound
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    • Component 1: 1-7
    • Component 2: 8-13

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

    edit character by 龍龖龘𪚥167

    rejected by Marcus Ngai

    Reviewer: "Seems like you're new here. You need to take your info from a reputable source, which is shown on the "Table of Contents" in the homepage. Please cite your sources in the "CustomSource" textbox (which should be from the reputable sources) before making a contribution."

  • edit character approved — "Depicts a singboardaffixed to a door." by inralback19
    Components
    • Iconic
      • hint: Depicts a flat thing affixed to a door. Depicts a signboard affixed to a door.

    Changed: components

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    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved — "Standardized the etymology description." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Simplified form of 難. Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "type of bird", which is unrelated to the modern meaning. Simplified form of 難. Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of bird". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

    Changed: hint

    edit character by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character rejected — "to cut" by inralback19
    Components
    • SoundMeaning
      • type: sound sound, meaning

    Changed: components

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  • edit character approved — "typ o fix" by inralback19
    Hint
    Simplified from of 難. Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "type of bird", which is unrelated to the modern meaning. Simplified form of 難. Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "type of bird", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.

    Changed: hint

    edit character by inralback19

    approved by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved — "堇 → 𦰩" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Simplified from of 難. Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 堇 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "type of bird", which is unrelated to the modern meaning. Simplified from of 難. Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "type of bird", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "堇 → 𦰩" by Marcus Ngai
    Components
    • Simplified
      • hint: Shorthand for the 堇 component in the traditional character 難. Shorthand for the 𦰩 component in the traditional character 難.

    Changed: components

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  • edit character approved — "added "of"" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Simplified from 難. Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 堇 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "type of bird", which is unrelated to the modern meaning. Simplified from of 難. Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 堇 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "type of bird", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character rejected — "phoon" by inralback19
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • Sound
      • hint: tough (empty)
      • type: meaning sound

    Changed: verified, components

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  • edit character rejected — "phase" by inralback19
    Gloss
    short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Guì​yáng] ancient lute
    Hint
    A strong  巩 bamboo ⺮ building; ⺮ also provides the pronunciation (empty)
    Verified
    No Yes

    Changed: gloss, hint, verified

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  • edit character approved — "Verify" by Prismcool

    No field changes detected.

    Changed: hint, verified, sources

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  • edit character approved — "stroke" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved — "Because, this was the result of the component 𦰩 fusing together with 土, which in turn 堇 looks identical to 𦰩. Both graphs contain a depiction of a criminal (or person with their arms crossed, depending on the interpretation) with their mouth open, so that's why the two look identical to each other." by Prismcool

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  • edit character approved — "source" by Marcus Ngai
    Sources

    Changed: sources

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  • edit character approved 𬀷 — "source (again, forgot to press "add" smh)" by Marcus Ngai
    Sources

    Changed: sources

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  • edit character approved 𬀷 — "source" by Marcus Ngai
    Verified
    No Yes
    Stroke count (simplified)
    11
    Strokes (simplified)
    𬀷
    11 strokes
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    𬀷
    𬀷
    • Component 1: 1-2
    • Component 2: 3-11

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  • edit character approved — "source" by Marcus Ngai
    Sources

    Changed: sources

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  • edit character approved 𥏫 — "source" by Marcus Ngai
    Sources

    Changed: sources

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  • edit character approved — "removed the random extra 𬀷 in the etymology description." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 𬀷 represents the sound. 𬀷 Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 𬀷 represents the sound.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved — "Not an edit, just a question, but why does 𦰩 (as a radical) look LITERALLY indentical to 堇, when we've separated them into two different characters??" by Marcus Ngai
    Original meaning
    burn a person alive as a sacrifice
    Verified
    No Yes
    Stroke count (simplified)
    11
    Strokes (simplified)
    11 strokes
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    • Component 1: 1-8,10
    • Component 2: 9-11
    • Component 3: 11
    Historical images
    • + Bronze (Early Warring States (~400 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
    Historical pronunciations
    • + baxter-sagart OC: *[g]rə[r] MC: gin
    Sources
    • + 李学勤《字源》p.1198
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.912

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  • edit character approved 𥏫 — "by the way, these edits are just shots in the dark. if there is a better source that's discovered that contradicts these edits, please revert or change them." by Marcus Ngai

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    edit character by Marcus Ngai

  • edit character approved 𥏫 — "added components and source (forgot it earlier)." by Marcus Ngai
    Components
    • + Meaning
    • + Sound
    Strokes (simplified)
    𥏫
    14 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))

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

    edit character by Marcus Ngai