岸
àn HSK5

shore, bank

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approved by Peter Olson · Dec 24, 2021, 08:25 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 24, 2021, 08:25 PM

厂 also sound

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Phonosemantic compound. 屵 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
厂
厂 SoundMeaning component
干
干 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnganH[ŋ]ˤa[r]-s bank of a river

說文解字

《說文》:“岸,水厓而高者。从屵,干聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica