Original meaning: bones
Variant of 冎. Pictograph of bones. Based on the original meaning "bones". The meaning later shifted to "separate", "other" and "another".
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | reːŋs |
Sources
- Character origin
- The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
A single horizontal stroke, representing the number one.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'jit | ʔi[t] | one |
說文解字
《說文》：“一，惟初太始，道立於一，造分天地，化成萬物。弌，古文一。”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | panH | pˤan-s | half |
說文解字
《說文》：“半，物中分也。从八，从牛。牛為物大，可以分也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.89-90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)