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
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kjeH | C.[k](r)aj-s | entrust to |
說文解字
《說文》：“寄，託也。从宀，奇聲。”
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)