Recent Changes
edit character approved 亶 — "[mongo:KFWmc56wZ4Mq7P3YM] Didn't actually find much info, besides the original meaning and the phonosemantic composition. "
- Strokes (simplified)
- 13 strokes→13 strokes
Source: animcjk → dong
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 𠬤 — "[mongo:HK8nJFg8fw5hkEeTx] Chanegd etymology"
- Hint
- Simplified form of 睪. Depicts shooting an arrow (矢) into the eye (目). → Simplified form of 睪. Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 射 represents the sound.
- Components
- + 射 SoundSimplifiedRemnant Originally the 矢 in 射.
- - 矢 IconicSimplified
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.773-774
- + 劉釗《古文字構形學》p.87-88
Changed: hint, components, sources
edit character approved 睪 — "[mongo:uaGAp2DR8G9ybybng] Changed explanation, I think this makes more sense based on the strong compatibility between the phonetics 射 and 睪"
- Hint
- Derived from two separate origins: the oracle bone 𬙜/𬐇, depicting shooting an arrow (矢) into the eye (目), and later bronze script 𥇡, also formed from eye (目), but with shackles (㚔), signifying looking to catch criminals. Often confused with 睾. → Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 射 represents the sound.
- Components
- 目 Iconic
- hint: This was perhaps mistakenly written like 日 resulting in 𬐇. → Depicts an eye spying.
- + 射 SoundRemnant Modern form looks like 幸. Originally the 矢 in 射.
- - 矢 Iconic
- 目 Iconic
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.773-774
- + 劉釗《古文字構形學》p.87-88
Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources
edit character approved 皋 — "[mongo:aEpMNsRqu7LpL44CQ] Maybe this character should not have any component breakdown at all since it's considered to be a corrupted remnant of old forms of 睪, but there are other characters here with phonetic components marked that were produced as a result of phoneticization of a remnant. I'm still looking for better sources on how exactly this differentiated from its origin."
- Hint
- The advancement of white vapor or mist, exemplified as that from a vast swampland, and also used for unrelated meanings by sound loan. Scholars think this differentiated from 睪, as 「皋」「㚖」「睪」 were almost indistinguishable before the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE.)
- Components
- 白 Meaning
- hint: (empty) → Ostensibly signifying the meaning of "white" vapor, but probably a remnant of the 目 in 睪/𥇡/𬐇.
- 夲 SoundMeaning
- hint: (empty) → Traditionally noted in different sources as providing both meaning and sound, but actually differentiated from 㚔 in stages similar to 𠦍, as seen in variants like 皐.
- 白 Meaning
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 罪 — "[mongo:d8T9Dg7BgZpvj5ZMz] The Shuowen says the meaning was originally written 辠 before 罪 started being used in its place."
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 网 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "fishing net". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Phonosemantic compound. 网 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "fishing net". The current meaning, originally written 辠, is a phonetic loan.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 睪 — "[mongo:74gpT2jSEmFHKcro8] Wording was too certain."
- Components
- 目 Iconic
- hint: This was sometimes mistakenly written like 日 resulting in 𬐇. → This was perhaps mistakenly written like 日 resulting in 𬐇.
- 目 Iconic
Changed: components
edit character approved 睪 — "[mongo:N5s8cR48MrinuSpk4] Added the part about 𬐇, described in 漢語多功能字庫, but also corroborated by Zi.tools."
- Hint
- Derived from two separate origins: the oracle bone 𬙜, depicting shooting an arrow (矢) into the eye (目), and later bronze script 𥇡, also formed from eye (目), but with shackles (㚔), signifying looking to catch criminals. Often confused with 睾. → Derived from two separate origins: the oracle bone 𬙜/𬐇, depicting shooting an arrow (矢) into the eye (目), and later bronze script 𥇡, also formed from eye (目), but with shackles (㚔), signifying looking to catch criminals. Often confused with 睾.
- Components
- 目 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → This was sometimes mistakenly written like 日 resulting in 𬐇.
- 目 Iconic
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
- + Zi.tools
Changed: hint, components, sources
edit character approved 睪 — "[mongo:BPCS5zMH8s6NTTnQh] Swapping a full-width comma for a half-width comma."
- Hint
- Derived from two separate origins: the oracle bone 𬙜, depicting shooting an arrow (矢) into the eye (目), and later bronze script 𥇡, also formed from eye (目), but with shackles (㚔), signifying looking to catch criminals. Often confused with 睾. → Derived from two separate origins: the oracle bone 𬙜, depicting shooting an arrow (矢) into the eye (目), and later bronze script 𥇡, also formed from eye (目), but with shackles (㚔), signifying looking to catch criminals. Often confused with 睾.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 睪 — "[mongo:keGQZCcgnGEKdLJXz] So far, this is all from 漢語多功能字庫, which was already cited. I haven't checked other sources. Not sure what to do about it having two origins and original meanings."
- Hint
- Depicts shooting an arrow (矢) into the eye (目). → Derived from two separate origins: the oracle bone 𬙜, depicting shooting an arrow (矢) into the eye (目), and later bronze script 𥇡, also formed from eye (目), but with shackles (㚔), signifying looking to catch criminals. Often confused with 睾.
- Original meaning
- shooting arrow at eye; looking to catch criminals
- Components
- 矢 Iconic
- hint: Modern form looks like 幸. → Modern form looks like 幸. Originally was 矢 or 㚔 in each of the origin characters.
- 矢 Iconic
Changed: hint, original meaning, components
edit character approved 公 — "[mongo:SKuxaXMudDkqfvxF8] note"
- Components
- 口 Iconic
- isGlyphChanged: (empty) → true
- 口 Iconic
Changed: components
edit character approved 公 — "[mongo:TAA492KSgmoX2CNmR] Components"
- Components
- + 八 Iconic Depicts handles of a jar.
- + 口 Iconic Depicts the opening of a jar.
- Strokes (simplified)
- 4 strokes
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Bronze (Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
Changed: components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 公 — "[mongo:gimFze8nqbphdkGFN] Changed source and wording"
- Hint
- Originally a pictograph of a vessel for holding liquid, now written as 瓮, with the 瓦 (pottery) component added at the bottom. The current meaning "public" is a phonetic loan. → Pictograph of a earthen jar for holding liquid, now written as 瓮. The current meaning "public" is a phonetic loan.
- Original meaning
- earthen jar
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.86-87
Changed: hint, original meaning, sources
edit character approved 匆 — "[mongo:HEjkaC4LbYSX7mMNP] Changed explanation"
- Hint
- Originated from 怱, being the top component of 悤, 囪, with the lower left portion omitted. Variant of 怱 and 悤. Modern meaning is a phonetic loan. → Variant form of 悤/囱, which depicts a line piercing an object. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.761
- + zi.tools
Changed: hint, original meaning, sources
edit character approved 囪 — "[mongo:W7owJkcLmuERTpDB7] derived"
- Hint
- Simplified form of 囱. Derived from 悤. Depicts a line piercing an object. The meaning later shifted to "window" (now written 窗) and "chimney". → Simplified form of 囱. Derived from the top component of 悤. Depicts a line piercing an object. The meaning later shifted to "window" (now written 窗) and "chimney".
Changed: hint
edit character approved 囱 — "[mongo:RoDZQnPRtraTNGbfM] derived"
- Hint
- Derived from 悤. Depicts a line piercing an object. The meaning later shifted to "window" (now written 窗) and "chimney". → Derived from the top component of 悤. Depicts a line piercing an object. The meaning later shifted to "window" (now written 窗) and "chimney".
Changed: hint
edit character approved 囪 — "[mongo:ykH5tyX5JapYcDoaE] Changed etymology"
- Hint
- Pictograph of a window with crossbars. Originally the component above 心 in 悤, representing a hole being pierced in the heart. → Simplified form of 囱. Derived from 悤. Depicts a line piercing an object. The meaning later shifted to "window" (now written 窗) and "chimney".
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.761
Changed: hint, original meaning, sources
edit character approved 囱 — "[mongo:uzJFxWsfkMjthBm4T] Changed etymology"
- Hint
- Variant form of 囪. Pictograph of a window with crossbars. Originally the component above 心 in 悤, representing a hole being pierced in the heart. → Derived from 悤. Depicts a line piercing an object. The meaning later shifted to "window" (now written 窗) and "chimney".
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.761
Changed: hint, original meaning, sources
edit character approved 無 — "[mongo:kNtC65ffooRYYCk6W] meaning"
- Hint
- Pictograph of a person dancing, with ox tails or bird feathers hanging from his arms, to pray for rain. Original form of 舞 (dance). The current form is a phonetic loan. → Pictograph of a person dancing, with ox tails or bird feathers hanging from his arms, to pray for rain. Original form of 舞 (dance). The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 匆 — "[mongo:DBKvRq7pmAQvhZ8HT] Linking this to the characters it was derived from, thanks to the same source as I used for those."
- Hint
- Variant form of 悤/囱, which depicts a line piercing an object. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Originated from 怱, being the top component of 悤, 囪, with the lower left portion omitted. Variant of 怱 and 悤. Modern meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Original meaning
- insightful
- Sources
- + 季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.761-762
- + The Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, Outlier Linguistics
- - 季旭昇《說文新證》p.761
- - zi.tools
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, sources
edit character approved 悤 — "[mongo:v9NEWHup3B6C9e5t9] typo"
- 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. → 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.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 怱 — "[mongo:k38c4hiFkQ2dAR8eC] Verify"
- 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 Iconic
- 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.
- 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 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:eCRaPZrQsDLdq6HeM] Added source and notes"
- Hint
- Depicts a line (囱) piercing a heart (心), conveying the meaning "insightful", now written as 聰. The current 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.
- Components
- 心 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → In ancient China, it was thought that the heart was the center of thought and reasoning.
- 囱 Iconic
- hint: Depicts a line piercing. → Depicts a line piercing. Represents having an insightful understanding in one's thoughts.
- 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, components, sources
edit character approved 悤 — "[mongo:JdAoBWZBBQJH5HE6H] Adjusted origin"
- 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), conveying the meaning "insightful", now written as 聰. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 心 Iconic
- type: meaning, iconic → iconic
- 囱 Iconic
- hint: Depiction of the piercing. Also written 匆 in other variant. → Depicts a line piercing.
- 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
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 聰 — "[mongo:YWxBraFBYYmLZ4wZS] I copied the way the entry for 禮 was written since this is also a phonosemantic compound originally written as just the sound component alone. Added "meaning" to the sound component, and added "originally written" to the etymology. "
- 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 滴 — "[mongo:XhSu35TckydAy2Bv7] Verified. Added the usual redundant phonosemantic etymology to keep it consistent with the others."
No field changes detected.
Changed: hint, verified
edit character approved 囱 — "[mongo:qneCp8zbgTdQbievT] Adding the origin in 悤, which they could have just seen by clicking on the traditional form. Maybe entries for simplified characters should only explain what is unique to the simplification, and leave the origin to the entry for the traditional form?"
- Hint
- Variant form of 囪. Pictograph of a window with crossbars. → Variant form of 囪. Pictograph of a window with crossbars. Originally the component above 心 in 悤, representing a hole being pierced in the heart.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 悤 — "[mongo:JqNSH5JXYhYATDCLt] Added 匆 as a variant."
- Original meaning
- insightful
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 11
- Strokes (simplified)
- 11 strokes
- Stroke fragments (simplified)
- →
- Component 1: 8-11
- Component 2: 1-7
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Bronze (Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
- 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
edit character approved 悤 — "[mongo:YRwwMgDtocaGJPvmo] Added a little more to the etymology from the Outlier entry for 匆. 怱, 悤, and 匆 all seem to be variants according to Wiktionary"
- Hint
- Depiction of a line piercing a heart, representing a deep understanding. → Depiction of a line piercing a heart, originally representing a deep understanding, which is now written 聰. The modern meaning is a phonetic loan.
- 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, sources
edit character approved 囪 — "[mongo:ZCeaiA8QLapxv5gaM] Linking this to its origin in 悤, according to Outlier."
- Hint
- Pictograph of a window with crossbars. → Pictograph of a window with crossbars. Originally the component above 心 in 悤, representing a hole being pierced in the heart.
- 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
Changed: hint, sources
edit character approved 悤 — "[mongo:mhbkMEBz8SptembD4] The sources say this is pictographic even though the Shuowen doesn't. I came across it through the etymology for 囱 in the Outlier dictionary. Oddly they have no entry for this character despite refencing it as a justification for two that came from it. The earlier forms of this character do indeed look pictographic to me."
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 囱 represents the sound. → Depiction of a line piercing a heart, representing a deep understanding.
- Original meaning
- insightful
- Components
- 心 MeaningIconic
- type: meaning → meaning, iconic
- 囱 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → Depiction of the piercing. Also written 匆 in other variant.
- type: sound → 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
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 怱 — "[mongo:wHs26FMzLFHHLNtkm] I think 心 is actually close enough to both "insightful" and "hastily", since it works as a meaning component in 快 too."
- Components
- 心 MeaningIconic
- isFromOriginalMeaning: true → false
- 心 MeaningIconic
Changed: components
edit character approved 怱 — "[mongo:EvGtynuq9QhK9BG2w] Forgot to add the characters for the components."
- Components
- + 匆 Iconic 囱 in other variant. The piercing of the heart later meaning "hole" or "opening".
- + 心 MeaningIconic
- - MeaningIconic
Changed: components
edit character approved 怱 — "[mongo:r7nSHRsAs4GqZyjmE] Messed up submitting the last edit. Again, not sure how much should be repeated for each variant of the same character."
- 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.
- Verified
- Yes → No
- Components
- + MeaningIconic
- - 匆 SoundIconic
- - 心 Iconic
- Sources
- + 季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.761-762
- + 董蓮池 《說文解字考正》 p.404
- - 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, original meaning, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 𠁁 — "[mongo:vHyr6pHSQ4dZd9yuf] Added stroke order "
- Strokes (simplified)
- 11 strokes
- Historical images
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 生 — "[mongo:3huwAJ3snXan6f8DT] Pictographic decompositon"
- Components
- + 屮 Iconic A sprout growing.
- + 土 Iconic The ground.
- Strokes (simplified)
- 5 strokes
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Bronze (Late Warring States (~250 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
Changed: components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 畫 — "[mongo:MfN8BSinadWnKbBmr] Matched the character's lower part with its bone-script iconic compatible equivalent"
- Components
- + 周 Iconic Depicts a carved jade object.
- + 乂 Unknown Upper frame? of the drawing, found in the simplified form and possibly in the variant 𬚪
- - ◎ Iconic
- Strokes (simplified)
- 12 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Late Western Zhou (~800 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
Changed: components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 斲 — "[mongo:MakBfLSW89dwukHsv] Added traditional variant that is shown in the evolution section (⿰畫丮)"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 14
- Strokes (simplified)
- 14 strokes
- Stroke fragments (simplified)
- →
- Component 1: 1-10
- Component 2: 11-14
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Warring States (475-221 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD))
- Historical pronunciations
- + baxter-sagart OC: *Cə.tˤrok MC: traewk
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
edit character approved 斤 — "[mongo:eFTXRbXPPzhkygdhv] Edit etymology"
- Hint
- Pictograph of an axe for chopping wood. → Pictograph of an adze for carving wood.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 爨 — "[mongo:ob3by3XwBMuziwLcC] graphical breakdown of iconic parts"
- Components
- 林 IconicUnknown
- type: unknown → iconic, unknown
- 火 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- + 廾 IconicUnknown
- + 冖 Iconic
- + 𦥑 Iconic
- + 鬲 MeaningRemnant
- - 大 Unknown
- 林 IconicUnknown
- Strokes (simplified)
- 30 strokes→30 strokes
Source: animcjk → dong
Changed: components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 希 — "[mongo:YQBiAHsdvZKcvbLvg] Meaning component"
- Components
- 巾 Meaning
- type: iconic → meaning
- 巾 Meaning
Changed: components
edit character approved 希 — "[mongo:juYpaWgeZH349LAaX] Added a bit more info"
- Hint
- Composed of 爻 (cross shape) and 巾 (cloth). Originally depicted a type of cloth. The meaning later shifted to "sparse", "rare", and "hope". → Composed of 爻 (cross shape) and 巾 (cloth). 爻 is here used to depict the pattern of the cloth. Originally depicted a type of cloth. The meaning later shifted to "sparse", "rare", and "hope".
- Components
- 爻 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → Depicts pattern on the cloth.
- 巾 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- 爻 Iconic
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
- + 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2866
Changed: hint, components, sources
edit character approved 杏 — "[mongo:8eyHEcaASGGKs7te3] Added origin"
No field changes detected.
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 抱 — "[mongo:35ThE7yX4DnHi9k4r] Source"
- Components
- 包 SoundIconic
- hint: (empty) → Depicts a person (勹) hugging a child (子).
- type: sound → sound, iconic
- 包 SoundIconic
- Sources
Changed: components, sources
edit character approved 包 — "[mongo:xizRADq9SKHrS7u4C] Source change"
- Sources
Changed: sources
edit character approved 屋 — "[mongo:cnhCHc2hPvgB4CFpP] yu r t"
- Hint
- Depicts a roof or yurt (𡉉) over a room (室). → Depicts a yurt (𡉉) over a room (室).
Changed: hint
edit character approved 終 — "[mongo:YpWguBP6cAbBqbQBz] Iconic"
- Components
- 冬 SoundIconic
- type: sound, meaning → sound, iconic
- 冬 SoundIconic
Changed: components
edit character approved 冬 — "[mongo:NPLgKAncdrqr8DhYD] 冰"
- Components
- 冫 Meaning
- hint: 冫 is a component form of 仌. → 冫 is a component form of 冰.
- 冫 Meaning
Changed: components