Simplified
Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound. The simplified character 关 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 關. The traditional component 門 was removed for simplification.
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- Academia Sinica
Original meaning: exhale, shout
Depicts wind rustling through a tree branch (丂). Based on the original meaning "exhale, shout", now written as 呼. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hu | ɢˤa | (Q particle) |
| hu | ɢˤa | in, at |
說文解字
《說文》：“乎，語之餘也。从，象聲上越揚之形也。”
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- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
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- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
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- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
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Character Evolution
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kwaen | [k]ˤro[n] | barrier |
| kwaen | [k]ˤro[n] | 關關 kwaen.kwaen [bird’s cry] | |
| kwaen | kˤro[n] | 間關 sound of a chariot's linchpin (Ode 218.1) |
說文解字
《說文》：“關，以木橫持門戶也。从門，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)