僅
jǐn HSK3

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

堇
堇 Sound component
jǐn, qín, jìn clay

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartginH[g]rə[r]-s barely

說文解字

《說文》：“僅，材能也。从人，堇聲。”

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)