A single horizontal stroke, representing the number one.
Character Evolution
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'jit | ʔi[t] | one |
說文解字
《說文》：“一，惟初太始，道立於一，造分天地，化成萬物。弌，古文一。”
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Original meaning: to yawn
Depicts opening the mouth (口) wide (大) to let a yawn leave the mouth. Original form of 呿.
Components
Character Evolution
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Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | khjoX | [kʰ](r)aʔ | get rid of |
| khjoH | [k]ʰ(r)ap-s | depart |
說文解字
《說文》：“去，人相違也。从大，凵聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.421漢語多功能字庫
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Original meaning: sepals
Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.
Character Evolution
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pjuw | pə | not |
| pjuw | pə | 不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn) |
說文解字
《說文》：“不，鳥飛上翔不下來也。从一，一猶天也。象形。”
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- 漢語多功能字庫
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Simplified
Pictograph of a foot entering or exiting a building, representing the meaning "to return".
Components
Character Evolution
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bjuwk | m-p(r)uk | return |
說文解字
《說文》：“，行故道也。从夊，畗省聲。”
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- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Baxter-Sagart
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Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pjonX | Cə.panʔ | return |
| Zhengzhang | panʔ | ||
| Unicode | biæ̌n |
說文解字
還也。从辵从反，反亦聲。《商書》曰：“祖甲返。”
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Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Sound (1)
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bjuwH | [N]-pruk-s | again |
| bjuwk | m-p(r)uk | return |
說文解字
《說文》：“復，往來也。从彳，复聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
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- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
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- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)