edit character approved 乃 — "Replaced source"
edit character approved 乃 — "Source edit"
edit character approved 乃 — "Verified etymology "
- Hint
- Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a woman standing sideways with her breasts protruding, which could be the original form of 奶. → Possibly depicts a woman standing sideways with her breasts protruding. Based on the original meaning "breast", now written as 奶. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Original meaning
- breast
Changed: hint, original meaning, sources
edit character approved 乃 — "Removed original meaning "
edit character approved 乃 — "Origin unclear"
- Hint
- Depicts a woman standing sideways with her breasts protruding. Based on the original meaning "breast", now written as 奶. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a woman standing sideways with her breasts protruding, which could be the original form of 奶.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 乃 — "Sources "
edit character approved 乃 — "Found actual etymology "
- Hint
- Origin unclear. Various explanations include: (1) a person standing sideways with protruding breasts, which could be the original form of 奶 or (2) a rope being thrown, which could possibly be the original form of 扔. → Depicts a woman standing sideways with her breasts protruding. Based on the original meaning "breast", now written as 奶. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
- Original meaning
- breast
- Sources
- - 漢語多功能字庫
- - 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.182
Changed: hint, original meaning, sources
edit character approved 乃 — "Changed wording"
- Hint
- Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a person standing sideways with protruding breasts or a rope being thrown, which could possibly be the original form of 扔. → Origin unclear. Various explanations include: (1) a person standing sideways with protruding breasts, which could be the original form of 奶 or (2) a rope being thrown, which could possibly be the original form of 扔.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 乃 — "Edited etymology"
- Hint
- Origin unclear. Possibly depicts the breast or a rope being thrown, which could possibly be the original form of 扔. → Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a person standing sideways with protruding breasts or a rope being thrown, which could possibly be the original form of 扔.
- Sources
- 漢語多功能字庫
- 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.182
- - The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
Changed: hint, sources
edit character approved 乃 — "Changed possible explanations "
- Hint
- Origin unclear. Possibly depicts the breast or a side view of a woman about to be pregnant. → Origin unclear. Possibly depicts the breast or a rope being thrown, which could possibly be the original form of 扔.
- Sources
- 漢語多功能字庫
- The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
- + 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.182
- - Alex Adler, The World of Kanji p.55
Changed: hint, sources
edit character approved 乃 — "Modified entry a bit"
- Hint
- Origin unclear. Possibly depicts the breast or a side view of a pregnant woman. → Origin unclear. Possibly depicts the breast or a side view of a woman about to be pregnant.
Changed: hint
edit character approved 乃 — "Typo"
- Hint
- Origin unclear. Possibly depicts the breast or a sideview of a pregnant woman. → Origin unclear. Possibly depicts the breast or a side view of a pregnant woman.
- Sources
- 漢語多功能字庫
- The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
- + Alex Adler, The World of Kanji p.55
- - Alex Adler, The World of Kanji p. 55
Changed: hint, sources
edit character approved 乃 — "Added possible explanations for this character's origin. Let me know if this is correct info or not."
- Hint
- Origin unclear. → Origin unclear. Possibly depicts the breast or a sideview of a pregnant woman.
- Sources
- 漢語多功能字庫
- + The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
- + Alex Adler, The World of Kanji p. 55
Changed: hint, sources
edit character approved 乃 — "verify"