Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsong | s-tˤəŋ | increase |
說文解字
《說文》：“增，益也。从土，曾聲。”
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)
Simplified
Phonosemantic component. 弓 represents the meaning and 畺 represents the sound. Originally written as 彊.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | gjang | N-kaŋ | strong |
| gjangX | m-kaŋʔ | make an effort |
說文解字
《說文》：“強，蚚也。从虫，弘聲。，籀文強，从从彊。”
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)
Simplified
Simplified form of 現. Etymologically related to 见 (to see). Originally these two characters were written the same, then the 𤣩 component was added to distinguish them.
Components
Sources
- Character origin
- Wiktionary
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
Simplified
Original meaning: rich; plentiful
Simplified form of 實. Depicts a string of money (貫) under a roof (宀). Based on the original meaning "rich; plentiful". The meaning later expanded to "solid", "fruit", and "true". The 貫 component was changed to 头 for simplification.
Components
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
Traditional
Phonosemantic component. 弓 represents the meaning and 畺 represents the sound. Originally written as 彊.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | ɡaŋ | |
| ɡaŋʔ | ||
| Unicode | ghiɑng | |
| ghiǎng |
說文解字
《說文》：“強，蚚也。从虫，弘聲。，籀文強，从从彊。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Etymologically related to 見 (to see). Originally these two characters were written the same, then the 𤣩 component was added to distinguish them.
Components
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | henH | N-[k]ˤen-s | appear |
Sources
- Character origin
- Wiktionary
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
Traditional
Original meaning: rich; plentiful
Depicts a string of money (貫) under a roof (宀). Based on the original meaning "rich; plentiful". The meaning later expanded to "solid", "fruit", and "true".
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | zyit | mə.li[t] | fruit; full |
說文解字
《說文》：“實，富也。从宀，从貫。貫，貨貝也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.593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)