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whos that
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Depicts multiple people (从) opening their mouths (亼 吅) to speak together, representing the meaning "together" or "all".
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tshjem | s.qʰ[a]m (dialect: *s.qʰ > MC tsh-) | all; many |
說文解字
《說文》：“僉，皆也。从亼，从吅，从从。”
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)