尔
ěr HSK5

you

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rejected by Prismcool · Jul 28, 2023, 11:04 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Oct 13, 2023, 04:54 AM

Added theories for this character.

Review: Unreliable third theory

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Simplified form of 爾. Origin unclear. Various theories include (1) a spiked weapon adorned with decorative feathers, (2) clothes being embroidered on a loom, or (3) a silkworm spitting out silk to make cocoons.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyeXn[ə][r]ʔ you(r)

說文解字

《說文》：“尒，詞之必然也。从入、丨、八，八象气之分散。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.259Chinese Stack Exchange漢語多功能字庫Alex Adler, The World of Kanji p.312谷衍奎 《汉字源流字典》p.130-131
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)