Recent Changes
edit character approved 前 — "[mongo:TcKLs4qRS32G2Rapz] Tried to cram in the newer etymology and reflect this in the components"
- Hint
- Originally written as 歬, depicting putting shoes on feet to prepare to go forward. The 刂 (knife) component was added because 前 is phonetically similar to 剪 (cut) and was sometimes used to mean "cut". → Phonetic loan, originally from 歬. 歬 depicts washing feet but became used phonetically to mean both "cut" and "in front". An added 刂 (knife) once distinguished 前 as the original form of "cut", but later this too became used phonetically for the current meaning "in front". A later 刀 (knife) continues to distinguish 剪 as the current form of "cut", which left "in front" to become the sole meaning of 前.
- Original meaning
- cut
- Components
- 歬 Sound
- hint: Depicts putting shoes on feet (止) to prepare to go forward. → Depicts washing feet. Once the phonetic loan for both "cut" and "in front".
- type: sound, iconic → sound
- 刂 Iconic
- isFromOriginalMeaning: (empty) → true
- 歬 Sound
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
- + The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources
edit character approved 察 — "[mongo:9GYXL4XAcNBHgjWZp] explain meaning evolution"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 祭 represents the sound. → Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 祭 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "eaves". The meaning later shifted to "observe from above", "examine", and "inspect".
Changed: hint
edit character approved 韋 — "[mongo:8ozqsXX3Ybixjroue] add original meaning to gloss"
- Gloss
- tanned leather → (surround a city), tanned leather
Changed: gloss
edit character approved 歬 — "[mongo:2RJBr4AtZNyRZ4AZ2] add link to source"
Changed: sources
edit character approved 歬 — "[mongo:Q48T67obGAjjjq9DR] Added a more recent etymology"
- Hint
- Original form of 前. Depicts putting shoes on feet (止) to prepare to go forward. → Original form of 前. Depicts washing feet. Borrowed very early for its sound to mean "go forward". Mistaken for depicting putting shoes on feet (止) to prepare to go forward.
- Original meaning
- washing feet
- Components
- 止 Iconic
- isFromOriginalMeaning: (empty) → true
- + 凡 Iconic Depicts a basin. A common corruption of 凡 (pan, tray), visually similar but unrelated to 舟 (boat). Sometimes the archaic form of 桶 (bucket, tub).
- - ◎ Iconic
- 止 Iconic
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
- + The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources
edit character approved 察 — "[mongo:g2fcgqnjJ93d9SmdC] Added the original meaning "eaves" to explain the meaning from 宀"
- Original meaning
- eaves
- Components
- 宀 Meaning
- isFromOriginalMeaning: (empty) → true
- 宀 Meaning
Changed: original meaning, components
edit character approved 韓 — "[mongo:x3DsRyafqEmLinzTb] Realized there was a checkbox for modern components that look different than the original character."
- Components
- 倝 Sound
- hint: Abbreviated as 𠦝 → (empty)
- isGlyphChanged: (empty) → true
- 倝 Sound
Changed: components
edit character approved 韩 — "[mongo:e6bWRFwGwAFHSXFRv] Realized there was a checkbox for modern components that look different than the original character."
- Components
- 倝 Sound
- hint: Abbreviated as 𠦝 → (empty)
- isGlyphChanged: (empty) → true
- 倝 Sound
Changed: components
edit character approved 韓 — "[mongo:b63Jf6mcuRnsQHAHQ] Realized that 倝 is the component linked to in other occurrences of 𠦝, so I'm following that here now."
- Components
- + 倝 Sound Abbreviated as 𠦝
- - 𠦝 Sound
Changed: components
edit character approved 韩 — "[mongo:b7WHWZCgMea5H7bg9] Realized that 倝 is the component linked to in other occurrences of 𠦝, so I'm following that here now."
- Components
- + 倝 Sound Abbreviated as 𠦝
- - 𠦝 Sound
Changed: components
edit character approved 𠦝 — "[mongo:26JPS7jm4wm4bLNDT] Adding old pronunciations, but I can't figure out how to add modern definitions or pronunciations. "
- Historical pronunciations
- + OC: *[k]ˤar-s MC: kanH
Changed: pronunciations
edit character approved 韓 — "[mongo:wRPxAAMjzcDNPFzq9] Made some mistakes. 韋 rather than 韦 and 韓 in the description and components, respectively."
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 韦 represents the meaning and 𠦝 represents the sound. → Phonosemantic compound. 韋 represents the meaning and 𠦝 represents the sound.
- Components
- + 韋 Meaning
- - 韓 Meaning
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 韓 — "[mongo:EZq9ovknmKiLZjrgY] forgot to verify it"
- Verified
- No → Yes
Changed: verified
edit character approved 韓 — "[mongo:pBaz8MvrXqkcMKHdE] Duplicating component, etymology, and original meaning info from the simplified character."
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 韋 represents the meaning and 倝 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "fence surrounding a well". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Phonosemantic compound. 韦 represents the meaning and 𠦝 represents the sound.
- Components
- + 𠦝 Sound
- + 韓 Meaning
- - 倝 SoundRemnant
- - 韋 Meaning
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, components
edit character approved 𠦝 — "[mongo:fMw6pJJKppcrWuw9f] Added that it's a variant of 倝, component form etymology, gloss of "sunrise". Verifying."
No field changes detected.
Changed: gloss, hint, verified
edit character approved 韩 — "[mongo:CZA66HKu8Cy4MXvS4] Added components with hint for 𠦝, phonosemantic etymology, Baxter-Sagart pronunciations and gloss, Shuowen. Changed gloss from archaic "fence" to modern "Korea"."
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 韦 represents the meaning and 倝 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "fence surrounding a well". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Phonosemantic compound. 韦 represents the meaning and 𠦝 represents the sound.
- Components
- 韦 Meaning
- isFromOriginalMeaning: false → true
- + 𠦝 Sound Abbreviated from 倝
- - 倝 SoundRemnant
- 韦 Meaning
- Historical pronunciations
- + OC: *[g]ˤar MC: han
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, pronunciations, shuowenExplanation
edit character approved 凉 — "[mongo:zzXv8wEsiFp8yPdDs] more concise"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 冫 here is not the component form of 冰 but a simplification of 氵 based on the original meaning of "light alcohol, dilute wine". 京 represents the sound. Simplified form of 涼. → Phonosemantic compound. 冫 is a simplification of 氵 (water), based on the original meaning "light alcohol, dilute wine". 京 represents the sound. Simplified form of 涼.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 惠 — "[mongo:WhMD3Yw8axnYY5tpH] Added 叀 as a sound component. Removed component hints. Added the usual phonosemantic "Etymology description". Added "benevolence" as the original meaning, perhaps unnecessarily. Verifying. Source: 漢語多功能字庫"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 12 strokes→12 strokes
Source: animcjk → dong
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 证 — "[mongo:fegv8vH92NiAmREwQ] Adding that 正 is also a meaning component. Adding which meanings of 正 are relevant to the original meaning of 证. Source: 漢語多功能字庫, although perhaps the meanings matching is a coincidence, but 正 is used to give one of the definitions. Outlier agrees too."
- Components
- 正 SoundMeaning
- hint: (empty) → The meanings “to correct, make right, rectify” of 正 zhèng indicate the original meaning "to admonish" of 证 zhèng
- type: sound → sound, meaning
- 正 SoundMeaning
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: components, sources
edit character approved 凉 — "[mongo:KWiqjKuB3uSLMtwZj] Adding same original meaning as 涼 ("light alcohol, dilute wine"). Explaining that 冫 here is not the component form of 冰 but a simplification of 氵. This simplified variant actually predates PRC character simplification as I found it in the Kangxi dictionary. Source: 康熙字典|https://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=en&id=318959"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 京 represents the sound. Simplified form of 涼. → Phonosemantic compound. 冫 here is not the component form of 冰 but a simplification of 氵 based on the original meaning of "light alcohol, dilute wine". 京 represents the sound. Simplified form of 涼.
- Original meaning
- light alcohol, dilute wine
- Components
- 冫 MeaningSimplified
- hint: 冫 is a component form of 冰. → 氵 was simplified to 冫
- type: meaning → meaning, simplified
- 冫 MeaningSimplified
Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources
edit character approved 爽 — "[mongo:GpkpbbWXD5oLMZLeZ] verify"
- Gloss
- happy → refreshing, clear, happy
- Hint
- A person 大 breathing lots of fresh air 爻 → Depicts a person (大) carrying things (爻) under each arm. Based on the original meaning "match, pair".
- Original meaning
- match, pair
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- 大 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → Depicts a person.
- type: meaning → iconic
- 爻 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → Depicts a thing carried under the arm.
- type: meaning, remnant → iconic
- isFromOriginalMeaning: true → false
- 大 Iconic
- Historical pronunciations
- + OC: *sraŋɁ MC: srjangX
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, pronunciations
edit character approved 爽 — "[mongo:Cjc2YYTw5HTZNhbiY] I'm not sure how to cite sources. There's an etymological explanation in Outlier but I'm not sure if it's fair to paraphrase that. The old pronunciations are from ABC Etymological Dictionary of Chinese."
- Original meaning
- match, pair → a matching pair
- Components
- 大 Meaning
- hint: Depicts a person. → (empty)
- type: iconic → meaning
- 爻 MeaningRemnant
- hint: Depicts a thing carried under the arm. → (empty)
- type: iconic → meaning, remnant
- isFromOriginalMeaning: false → true
- 大 Meaning
- Historical pronunciations
- + OC: *sraŋɁ MC: srjangX
- - zhengzhang
- - tang
Changed: original meaning, components, pronunciations
edit character approved 洪 — "[mongo:H7JMFrsmChAK9e6o4] verify"
No field changes detected.
Changed: gloss, hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 汩 — "[mongo:9cHFbGpZmCRTZFzg5] verify"
No field changes detected.
Changed: gloss, hint, verified, components, sources
edit character approved 和 — "[mongo:tH68QsHYRXvCvJGAK] reorder"
- Strokes (simplified)
- 8 strokes
- Historical images
- + 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 妾 — "[mongo:2cynvZ3uvKgtXpLdD] 䇂"
- Hint
- Depicts a woman (女) with a damaged reputation (辛 is a pictograph of a tool used to tattoo the face of criminals as punishment). → Depicts a woman (女) with a damaged reputation (䇂 is a pictograph of a tool used to tattoo the face of criminals as punishment).
- Components
- 女 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- + 䇂 Iconic
- - 辛 Meaning
- 女 Iconic
Changed: hint, components
edit character approved 妾 — "[mongo:mcfRWks9SyQptBBPi] verify"
No field changes detected.
Changed: verified, sources
edit character approved 囧 — "[mongo:zwhPzN9JFvC5n99rX] change gloss"
- Gloss
- bright window
Changed: gloss
edit character approved 厌 — "[mongo:KETmMSB6FeD5b8vTz] 厭"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 6
- Strokes (simplified)
- 6 strokes
- Stroke fragments (simplified)
- →
- Component 1: 1-2
- Component 2: 3-6
- Sources
- + 李学勤《字源》p.832
edit character approved 却 — "[mongo:sy64kurohJyBAQYMc] 卻"
- Original meaning
- retreat, withdraw
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 7
- Strokes (simplified)
- 7 strokes
- Stroke fragments (simplified)
- →
- Component 1: 1-5
- Component 2: 6-7
- Historical images
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
- Historical pronunciations
- + baxter-sagart OC: *[k]ʰak MC: khjak
- Sources
- + 漢語多功能字庫
edit character approved 卖 — "[mongo:2duBmxjLMkBJMio5S] 賣"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 8
- Strokes (simplified)
- 8 strokes
- Stroke fragments (simplified)
- →
- Component 1: 1-2
- Component 2: 3-8
edit character approved 单 — "[mongo:HvxFSghRgcAjjjuv2] 單"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 8
- Strokes (simplified)
- 8 strokes
edit character approved 冖 — "[mongo:Aie7nu9KKmXWsX4cL] 宀"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 2
- Strokes (simplified)
- 2 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
edit character approved 丶 — "[mongo:PxrTK6peXerfwJACS] verify"
No field changes detected.
Changed: hint, verified, sources
edit character approved 䒑 — "[mongo:bZbBYvW6EZ3YBaPyf] 艸"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 6
edit character approved 䒑 — "[mongo:NGbSF7g4TYK3jjNM5] 艹"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 6
edit character approved 齿 — "[mongo:AZvt3B4GaZ2wGonDs] 𠚕"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 8
- Strokes (simplified)
- 8 strokes
- Stroke fragments (simplified)
- →
- Component 1: 1-4
- Component 2: 5-8
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.139
edit character approved 鹿 — "[mongo:L2kBCfxtKpMzjaf4G] verify"
No field changes detected.
Changed: verified, sources
edit character approved 尔 — "[mongo:krThaNsSSLbW2fu85] 爾"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 5
- Strokes (simplified)
- 5 strokes
- Historical images
- + Bronze (Warring States (475-221 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
- Historical pronunciations
- + baxter-sagart OC: *n[ə][r]ʔ MC: nyeX
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.259
edit character approved 巛 — "[mongo:erDxsYx7BDJPfqPPa] 川"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 3
- Strokes (simplified)
- 3 strokes
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Bronze (Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- + Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
- Historical pronunciations
- + baxter-sagart OC: *t.l̥u[n] (MC -jwen is irregular) MC: tsyhwen
edit character approved 乚 — "[mongo:zrv78jRtPTZusndtW] add older pronunciation"
- Historical pronunciations
- + OC: *qrət MC: 'it
Changed: pronunciations
edit character approved 乚 — "[mongo:9WYvbJ6nkGBXSHJ37] verify"
No field changes detected.
Changed: gloss, hint, verified
edit character approved 冎 — "[mongo:jqbwuiBMp82xeMbdN] 骨"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 5
- Strokes (simplified)
- 5 strokes
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Bronze (Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
- Historical pronunciations
- + baxter-sagart OC: *kʷˤrajʔ MC: kwaeX
edit character approved 釒 — "[mongo:oYn5vYBr9fiaHgcmk] 金"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 8
- Strokes (simplified)
- 8 strokes
edit character approved 贵 — "[mongo:SWMso9SRzvXfe8GhZ] 貴"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 9
- Strokes (simplified)
- 9 strokes
- Stroke fragments (simplified)
- →
- Component 1: 1-5
- Component 2: 6-9
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.525-526
edit character approved 勹 — "[mongo:Y3eftY692aoBHWn9A] 包"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 2
- Strokes (simplified)
- 2 strokes
- Historical images
- + Oracle ((~1250-1000 BC))
- + Seal (Shuowen (~100 AD))
edit character approved 仓 — "[mongo:oYyCJjwoQHrpD35yx] 倉"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 4
- Strokes (simplified)
- 4 strokes
- Stroke fragments (simplified)
- →
- Component 1: 1-2
- Component 2: 3-4
edit character approved 仑 — "[mongo:kPphWbBXjpzjbF6Au] 侖"
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Stroke count (simplified)
- 4
- Strokes (simplified)
- 4 strokes
- Stroke fragments (simplified)
- →
- Component 1: 1-2
- Component 2: 3-4