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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | khomX | [k]ʰˤomʔ | pit (n.) |
| Zhengzhang | kʰoːmʔ | ||
| kʰoːms | |||
| Unicode | kǒm |
說文解字
陷也。从土欠聲。
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| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | kʰaːlʔ |
| kʰaːls |
說文解字
坎坷也。梁國寕陵有坷亭。从土可聲。
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Original meaning: sepals
Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pjuw | pə | not |
| pjuw | pə | 不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn) |
說文解字
《說文》：“不，鳥飛上翔不下來也。从一，一猶天也。象形。”
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- 漢語多功能字庫
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Original meaning: to strike
Depicts using a staff (丂) for striking. Based on the original meaning "to strike", now written as 抨. The meaning later shifted to "level", "even", and "flat".
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bjien | [b]en | distinguish; punctiious |
| bjaeng | breŋ | even (adj.) | |
| bjaeng | m-breŋ | make even |
說文解字
《說文》：“平，語平舒也。从亏，从八。八，分也。”
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- 王森《甲骨文、金文所谓“乎”字当释为“平”字》
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