Pictograph of a dying animal lying down.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'jwonX | [ʔ]o[r]ʔ | turn over in bed |
說文解字
《說文》：“夗，轉卧也。从夕，从卪。卧有卪也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.555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)