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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:tJ5RPiK5aNwDfcbhm] change stroke data" by Peter Olson
    Strokes (simplified)
    16 strokes
    16 strokes

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:cR2evPDhvZmcEogxv] better to mark as unclear origin than to add component that has no explanation" by Peter Olson
    Verified
    No Yes
    Stroke count (simplified)
    17
    Strokes (simplified)
    17 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Bronze (Mid Warring States (~300 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
    Historical pronunciations
    • + baxter-sagart OC: *s-naŋ MC: sjang
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:3ymfBHZuw3dAMLWww] Rollback JFRPKm3BA6QLfbbct" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 𤕦 represents the sound, both added later. Iconic origin unclear. Possibly depicts a person reaching out his hands and loosening his shirt to assist in pulling a plow. Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a person reaching out his hands and loosening his shirt to assist in pulling a plow.
    Components
    • - Meaning
    • - 𤕦 Sound
    Strokes (simplified)
    17 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Bronze (Mid Warring States (~300 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:2atot9sHfPv695wmx] Although the whole character is originally iconic, I used the Shuowen's decomposition for the sake of the apparent phonetic component. The other component is just a corruption that is now written like 兮 but has nothing to do with it otherwise. I'm not sure how to mark that "form only" sort of relation." by cochleoid
    Hint
    Depicts a weapon (我) slaughtering a pig for the purpose of sacrificing an animal for offering. The 我 component was later reanalyzed into phonetic component 義 and the component depicting the slaughtered pig was later reanalyzed as meaning component 兮. Based on the original meaning "sacrificial slaughter", now written as 犧. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Mainly used in oracle bone place names, and bronze inscription personal names. Depiction of animal sacrifice. The original form of 犧 (sacrifice).
    Components
    • SoundIconic
      • hint: Originally 我. Depicts a weapon. The 羊 (sheep) component was added later reanalyzing this component into phonetic component 義. Originally just 我 (saw-toothed dagger axe) in oracle bone script, later phoneticized in bronze script by adding a 羊 (sheep).
      • type: sound sound, iconic
    • MeaningIconic
      • hint: Originally depicted a slaughtered pig. Later reanalyzed into meaning component 兮. Originally this may have depicted a decapitated 豕(pig), now signifies the "breath", "gas", or "vapor" meanings.
      • type: meaning meaning, iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    16 strokes
    16 strokes

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:JFRPKm3BA6QLfbbct] For consistency, and because the origin is unclear anyway, maybe all that should be said is the usual phonosemantic etymology." by cochleoid
    Hint
    Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a person reaching out his hands and loosening his shirt to assist in pulling a plow. Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 𤕦 represents the sound, both added later. Iconic origin unclear. Possibly depicts a person reaching out his hands and loosening his shirt to assist in pulling a plow.
    Components
    • + Meaning Added later to the original iconographic character.
    • + 𤕦 Sound This came from later phoneticization of earlier components rather than having originally been used by itself as a phonetic loan.
    Strokes (simplified)
    17 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Bronze (Mid Warring States (~300 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:CAPMjuesrEMwQZeZr] Adding the component meaning to the gloss, even though this is only used as a sound component except for once." by cochleoid
    Gloss
    dislike dislike, (to push down on)

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:BeYbkgqv3hY6R5XQo] This is a case of the phonetic component also being the original form of the character before it loaned its sound to other unrelated meanings. Hopefully all of these cases can be described in a consistent way. " by cochleoid
    Components
    • SoundMeaning
      • hint: (empty) Original form. This became a phonetic loan for other meanings, so 土 (earth) was added to distinguish the original meaning again.
      • type: sound sound, meaning

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:WJ2H7RnzecvvWtnEG] Clearer wording." by cochleoid
    Components
    • Meaning
      • hint: The outer walls of buildings in premodern China were filled with earth that was packed down (壓). This is one of the cases where 广 (building) was used interchangeably with 厂 (cliff) to mean the same thing. The outer walls of buildings in premodern China were filled with earth that was packed down (壓). This is one of the cases where the forms of 广 (building) and 厂 (cliff) were used interchangeably to mean the same thing.

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:qgXrAMX27W5bhCryW] Typo" by cochleoid
    Components
    • Meaning
      • hint: The outer walls of buildings in premodern China were filled with earth that was packed down (壓). This one of the cases where 广 (building) was used interchangeably with 厂 (cliff) to mean the same thing. The outer walls of buildings in premodern China were filled with earth that was packed down (壓). This is one of the cases where 广 (building) was used interchangeably with 厂 (cliff) to mean the same thing.

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:fn3nc56v6CrmkiyrH] Referring to the explanation about 广 on 厂's page here since they're easy to confuse here" by cochleoid
    Components
    • Meaning
      • hint: The outer walls of buildings in premodern China were filled with earth that was packed down (壓). The outer walls of buildings in premodern China were filled with earth that was packed down (壓). This one of the cases where 广 (building) was used interchangeably with 厂 (cliff) to mean the same thing.

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:ZePJ6BYEFRLkGALX9] Usually the relation of the meaning component is obvious, but this is definitely a case of "Based on an original meaning that isn't used anymore". I added the necessary historical context." by cochleoid
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 猒 represents the sound. Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 猒 represents the sound. Original form of 壓 (press, push down), related to packed-earth construction of buildings (厂).
    Original meaning
    to push down on
    Components
    • Meaning
      • hint: (empty) The outer walls of buildings in premodern China were filled with earth that was packed down (壓).
      • isFromOriginalMeaning: (empty) true
    Sources

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  • edit character approved 巿 — "[mongo:dtY3Csk5Rbyd2NK96] I couldn't find the source of the "revolve" meaning in Unihan. The original meaning is well sourced." by cochleoid
    Hint
    Depicts ceremonial knee coverings that hang from a belt over clothing. Original form of 韍. Original form of 韨. Depicts ceremonial knee coverings that hung from a belt over clothing. Once was a phonetic loan for 芾 (lush vegetation).
    Components
    • Iconic
      • hint: Used here to depict the belt. Depicts the belt.
    • + MeaningIconic Depicts the knee coverings and signifies the 巾(cloth, cover) meanings.
    • - Iconic

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:k922ypqgePBmQn6et] 闑 has a reading with all the same GY parameters as 臬 on EDOC, and has data from Baxter 2011, so I filled that in for the old pronunciation. This character is thought by some to be a variant of this one. Stil doesn't look like 自 is a sound component though." by cochleoid
    Historical pronunciations
    • + OC: *ŋˤet MC: nget
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:eNxkNJpWSohyTwZ5n] 自 is used for sound according to 《字源》, although 許慎 said it referred to the pole being at nose height." by cochleoid
    Gloss
    law guidepost
    Hint
    Remnant of 㓷. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 𰄩 represents the sound. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. A wooden (木) pole at nose (自) height used as an arrow target or as a guidepost for measuring the position of the sun by its shadow.
    Components
    • + Sound
    • - 𰄩 SoundRemnant
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:PqJEYRrcdwc2o3CX8] typo with full width "("" by cochleoid
    Hint
    From a bird (隹) flying up very high. Also borrowed to write 鹤 (crane). From a bird (隹) flying up very high. Also borrowed to write 鹤 (crane).

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:njAMr4njY9dXbET2v] Migrating 寉 to 隺" by cochleoid
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 寉 represents the sound. Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 隺 represents the sound.
    Components
    • + Sound
    • - Sound

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:ddH3XvnEZsyGCFt6s] Migrating 寉 to 隺" by cochleoid
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 寉 represents the sound. Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 隺 represents the sound.
    Components
    • + SoundMeaning
    • - SoundMeaning

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:pNzRSdETFAbFn68My] I am not sure what "上欲出冂" means, maybe it actually implies that 冖 is a ceiling? It doesn't look the same as other instances of 冖. " by cochleoid
    Gloss
    (crane), very high very high
    Hint
    Depicts a bird (隹) with a line on its neck to either indicate a crane's long neck or loudness of its call. Based on the original meaning "crane", now written as 鶴. The meaning later shifted to "very high". From a bird (隹) flying up very high. Also borrowed to write 鹤 (crane).
    Components
    • Meaning
      • type: iconic meaning
    • + Unknown
    • - Iconic
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:4iBQuJFb3kSsNfDds] Phonosemantic compound with a rarely used original meaning." by cochleoid

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:ZdbdXbdfEvo83NGMD] The SBGY index for 冃 is 417.42, for 冒 it's 417.50. Everything is the same, including the MC, so I assume the OC reconstruction has to be too. " by cochleoid
    Historical pronunciations
    • + OC: *mˤuk-s MC: mawH
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:QitzPhCpgECYXGWEP] On EDOC the "Baxter GY" Middle Chinese is 'muwng', and all the other GY values are the same as 蒙, so I assumed that would mean it has to have the same OC reconstruction as 蒙." by cochleoid
    Hint
    Depicts a hat (冃) and tiger skin (虎), conveying the meaning "cover" by soldiers who fought covered in tiger skins. The 虎 (tiger) component was later rewritten as 豕 (pig). A hat and tiger skin. Signifies the meaning "cover" by soldiers who fought covered in tiger skins.
    Original meaning
    to cover
    Components
    • SoundMeaning
      • type: sound, iconic sound, meaning
    • + Meaning Originally 虎, later 豕.
    • - Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    10 strokes
    10 strokes

    Source: animcjk dong

    Historical pronunciations
    • + OC: *mˤoŋ MC: muwng
    • - zhengzhang

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:ZCZpQdXw8GMrzmGq9] Updating the gloss to show the component meaning (hat)." by cochleoid
    Gloss
    avoid (hat), avoid

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  • edit character approved 𠓥 — "[mongo:rijxbJiSZd8XxoXc7] Typo. Accidentally removed the "sound" flag rather than the "iconic" flag." by cochleoid
    Components
    • Sound
      • type: iconic sound

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  • edit character approved 𠓥 — "[mongo:sfPZhSgFDx9g6hQm6] Realized that although it was originally iconic, once a component is phoneticized the "iconic" flag doesn't apply to the character the component phoneticized into." by cochleoid
    Components
    • Iconic
      • type: sound, iconic iconic

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  • edit character approved 𠓥 — "[mongo:ZZNJPuAS4WEtMv3ha] Typo" by cochleoid
    Components
    • Iconic
      • hint: 鞭 攴 (empty)

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  • edit character approved 𠓥 — "[mongo:BW5eFn5rxnz5izCqF] Added strokes and component breakdown." by cochleoid
    Hint
    Old form of 鞭 (whip). Old form of 鞭 (whip). Originally depicted a hand holding a whip or staff. A cart form was added later which then phoneticized into the old form of 免(crown).
    Components
    • + SoundIconic Absent in early forms. Resembled the old form of 丙 (pedestal), thought to depict a cart, before phoneticizing into 免.
    • + Iconic 鞭 攴
    Strokes (simplified)
    𠓥
    7 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Bronze (Late Western Zhou (~800 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    Sources
    • + 季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.188

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  • edit character approved 便 — "[mongo:Ai7P8WCXEX5BHmupk] Put the component meaning in parenthesis so it'll be clear in 鞭." by cochleoid
    Gloss
    convenience (whipping a person),convenience

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  • edit character approved 𠓥 — "[mongo:hNAtk5gGL3bX5RmFm] Fixing the gloss to be consistent." by cochleoid
    Gloss
    whip (n.) whip
    Verified
    No Yes

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  • edit character approved 𠓥 — "[mongo:Dg64wcubsqwZKoMFo] Just a reference to the modern form. " by cochleoid
    Hint
    Original form of 鞭 (whip). Depicts a hand holding a whip or a staff. 免 was later added as sound component. Old form of 鞭 (whip).

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  • edit character approved 便 — "[mongo:v79wMcHh8M5ErDZcd] Replaced the Shuowen paraphrase with how it isn't related to 更 (change). Both the sound and meaning come from an old form of 鞭 (whip)" by cochleoid
    Hint
    When uncomfortable, a person (亻) will change (更) to a more convenient (便) position. From 亻 (person) and 𠓥 (whip). Original meaning related to whipping people, now written 鞭 (whip). Other meanings are phonetic loans.
    Original meaning
    whipping a person
    Components
    • Meaning
      • isFromOriginalMeaning: (empty) true
    • + 𠓥 SoundMeaning This is the only character where the form of 更 (more) is used for 𠓥 (whip).
    • - Meaning
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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:ELt4MWmJDxpdN3cHm] Redefining as an iconic character that later had various "movement/action" meaning components added, with the original iconic depiction becoming a single merged and then re-phoneticized component. Mentioning confusion with early form of whip." by cochleoid
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 攴 represents the meaning and 丙 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "whip", now written as 鞭. The meaning later shifted to "change" and "more". Depicts a succession of chariots. The meaning later extended from "continue" to "further", "more", "alternate", "replace", and "change". Its historical form 㪅 was confused with 𠓥 (whip).
    Original meaning
    continue
    Components
    • Meaning
      • hint: (empty) Originally absent, this component appeared without changing the meaning as 辶 (movement) or 攴 (tap), then 又 (hand) or 攴, with 攴 becoming most common.
    • SoundIconic
      • hint: The pronunciation of 更 was similar to 丙 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. The pair of chariots later merged becoming the unrelated but visually and phonetically similar 丙 (pedestal), which itself became merged with the other component.
      • type: sound sound, iconic
      • isOldPronunciation: (empty) true
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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:ZcnSwHKNKBK3E6DmL] 攵 instead of 夂" by cochleoid
    Components
    • + Meaning
    • - Meaning

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:d8hiT86YNPgoRrTqF] Added quotes around the meaning" by cochleoid
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning, 卉 represents the sound. Originally meant adornment. Later meanings are phonetic loans. Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning, 卉 represents the sound. Originally meant "adornment". Later meanings are phonetic loans.

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:uP8AkzXTYYBRWNsqH] Added original form 芔 and mentioned how as a component this is most likely not referring to grass. Baxter's spreadsheet doesn't have this character, but Digital EDOC had it and characters that Baxter did have (卉芔諱虺), so I was able to get the old chinese and middle chinese in the same format." by cochleoid
    Hint
    Depicts a group of plants (屮, 艹). Depicts a group of plants (屮, 艹). Originally written as 芔 (屮, 艸) resulting in its erroneous replacement of the once visually similar but unrelated form of 犇 (run) within some characters.
    Historical pronunciations
    • + MC: xjw+jH
    Sources

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:PqmeatZ4TyNc9cEqa] Added the flag for old pronunciations to show, since bi4 isn't intuitive." by cochleoid
    Components
    • Sound
      • isOldPronunciation: (empty) true

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:YY2T4wxvhPMHfRsyY] Comparing the old pronunciations of 犇,奔,賁,卉, and 芔 makes it clear that 犇 was the 卉 that the Shuowen says is a sound component. " by cochleoid
    Hint
    Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 卉 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "adornment". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning, 卉 represents the sound. Originally meant adornment. Later meanings are phonetic loans.
    Components
    • Sound
      • hint: (empty) 卉 is the modern component form of 犇

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:iitRKJdbGDgjd6iLF] Added stroke data and components. Explained it's originally the bottom part of 奔, and its modern component form is 卉. Checked that old pronunciation is the same as 奔." by cochleoid
    Hint
    Depicts three feet (止) to indicate hurried movement. Not related to 牛 (cow) in the modern form. Three 止 (foot) to indicate hurried movement. Originally the bottom part of 奔 (run), later written on its own as its variant. Modern component form is written as 卉 which standalone indicates an entirely different character, 卉 (grass).
    Strokes (simplified)
    12 strokes
    12 strokes
    Historical pronunciations
    • + OC: *pˤur MC: pwon
    • - zhengzhang

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:NtPgWmvQAm47MB9aL] Explained etymology in terms of 走 and mentioned confusion between 卉 here and 芔." by cochleoid
    Hint
    Depicts a running person (夭) with more than one 止 (foot) components to indicate faster movement. Similar in origin to 走. Like 走 (walk), depicts a 大 (man) but with more than one 止 (foot) to indicate faster movement.
    Components
    • Iconic
      • hint: Depicted three feet. Originally depicted three 止 (foot). Later written on its own as 犇(run) to mean the same as 奔 (run). Seal script form became confused with 芔 (grass), the original form of standalone 卉 (grass).
      • type: sound, iconic iconic
    • + Iconic
    • - Iconic
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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:PRLyvyZ3yjYqqaN2T] remove duplicated detail" by Peter Olson
    Components
    • Sound
      • hint: 㞢 is an ancient form of 之 (empty)

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:dC6XMWFe9Sby6wJj4] Consistent 㞢 in description and components" by Peter Olson
    Components
    • + Sound 㞢 is an ancient form of 之
    • - Sound

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:EHevBEGTYiGTCcGkS] verify" by Peter Olson

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:v7m3dCjrgMcFEmkmY] note original meaning preserved in 逮" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Depicts a hand (又) grabbing a tail (尾) from behind. Also used as the simplified form of 隸. Depicts a hand (又) grabbing a tail (尾) from behind. Based on the original meaning "catch from behind", now written as 逮. Also used as the simplified form of 隸.
    Original meaning
    catch from behind

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:4aZGy2MGEHvcBTRrF] note simplified use" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Depicts a hand (又) grabbing a tail (尾) from behind. Depicts a hand (又) grabbing a tail (尾) from behind. Also used as the simplified form of 隸.

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:7Wv4tfkkGy5CuxwaM] use consistent character 又 in description and components" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    A hand 彐 grabbing a tail from behind. Depicts a hand (又) grabbing a tail (尾) from behind.

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:d7J3qW9hvStgL7g2x] see also 對" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Depicts two hands (廾) holding a chisel-shaped weapon or tool (丵) to beat against something. Based on the original meaning "beat against", now written as 撲. Depicts two hands (廾) holding a chisel-shaped weapon or tool (丵) to beat against something. Based on the original meaning "beat against", now written as 撲. Similar in origin to 對.

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:rRTnrgZ5qRfme85R8] verify" by Peter Olson

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:pqgf3wZoAbxRE4BMZ] sound and meaning component" by Peter Olson
    Components
    • SoundMeaning
      • type: sound sound, meaning

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:Q4fs3uSePN4GMgc5X] verify" by Peter Olson
    Gloss
    a thicket (beat against), tedious
    Hint
    Original form of 撲. Depicts a hand (又) holding a chisel-shaped weapon or tool (丵). Based on the original meaning "to beat". Depicts two hands (廾) holding a chisel-shaped weapon or tool (丵) to beat against something. Based on the original meaning "beat against", now written as 撲.
    Original meaning
    beat against
    Verified
    No Yes
    Components
    • + Iconic Depicts a two hands.
    • - Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    12 strokes
    Historical images
    • + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
    • + Bronze (Late Western Zhou (~800 BC))
    • + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
    • + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
    Sources
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.171-172

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  • edit character approved — "[mongo:GoxXQ3YzCPEko8Ruh] Added usual phonosemantic etymology and fixed components." by cochleoid
    Components
    • + Sound 㞢 is an ancient form of 之
    • - Sound
    Strokes (simplified)
    10 strokes
    10 strokes

    Source: animcjk dong

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