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qīgěng

sobbing

qī bitter cold

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 妻 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淒.

Components

冫 Meaning component

bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

妻 Sound component

qī wife

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		sʰiːl
Unicode	tsei
	tsei

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

gěng stem of flower

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 更 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

更 Sound component

gèng, gēng more

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kængX	kˤraŋʔ	suffering
Zhengzhang		kraːŋʔ
Unicode	gæ̌ng

說文解字

山枌榆。有朿，莢可爲蕪夷者。从木更聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)