傾
qīng

upset

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 頃 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

頃
頃 Sound component
qǐng a measure of area equal to 100 畝 (mu) ~ 6.7 hectares

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjwieng[k]ʷʰeŋ incline (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“傾，仄也。从人，从頃，頃亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

倾 qīng upset Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 顷 represents the sound. Simplified form of 傾.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

顷
顷 Sound component
qǐng a measure of area equal to 100 畝 (mu) ~ 6.7 hectares

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode