Pictograph of an adult person with a hairpin in their hair, indicating being fully grown up into adulthood. In ancient China, adults usually wore a hairpin. Similar in origin to 每.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsyhuwng | tʰuŋ | full, fill |
說文解字
《說文》：“充，長也；高也。从儿，育省聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 許進雄《簡明中國文字學》p.339-340
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Pictograph of a foot (止) attached to a leg.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsjuH | [ts]ok-s | replenish |
| tsjowk | [ts]ok | sufficient | |
| tsjowk | [ts]ok | foot |
說文解字
《說文》：“足，人之足也，在下。从止、囗。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.143漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Original meaning: cut jade
Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | liX | m(ə).rəʔ | cut jade; regulate |
| liX | m(ə).rəʔ | reason; principle |
說文解字
《說文》：“理，治玉也。从玉，里聲。”
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)
Original meaning: helmet
Depicts a kind of helmet worn by warriors. Based on the original meaning "helmet", now written as 胄. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | yuw | l[u] | follow; from |
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.587
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | lwit | [r]ut | law, rule (n.) |
| lwit | [r]ut | 不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn) |
說文解字
《說文》：“律，均布也。从彳，聿聲。”
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)