Depicts a person walking quickly. Original form of 走. Relation to current meaning unclear.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'jew | [ʔ](r)aw | delicate, slender |
說文解字
《說文》：“夭，屈也。从大，象形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.767-768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)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | hljaŋ |
說文解字
不成人也。人年十九至十六死，爲長殤；十五至十二死，爲中殤；十一至八歲死，爲下殤。从歺，傷省聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)