A single horizontal stroke, representing the number one.
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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: sunset
Depicts the sun (日) shining through vegetation (茻). Based on the original meaning "sunset", now written as 暮. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | mak | mˤak | there is no X such that X … |
| mak | mˤak | deliberate (v.) (loan) |
說文解字
《說文》：“莫，日且冥也。从日在茻中。”
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Original meaning: roll over
Phonosemantic compound. 尸 represents the meaning and 𧝑 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "roll over". The meaning later shifted to "unfold", "spread out", and "develop".
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | trjenX | trenʔ | roll over; unfold |
| trjenH | tra[n]-s | ritual robe |
說文解字
《說文》：“展，轉也。从尸，省聲。”
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Traditional
Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 壽 represents the sound.
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Character Evolution
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | du | |
| Unicode | djhiou |
說文解字
壺矢也。从竹壽聲。
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