Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | zwin | [sə.l]u[n] | perambulate |
| Zhengzhang | sɢljun | ||
| Unicode | zuin |
說文解字
延行皃。从辵川聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Originally a pictograph of a sharp wooden stick with a pointed bottom, similar to 才. The meaning later expanded to "arrow" and "shoot".
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | yik | lək | shoot arrow with string attached |
說文解字
《說文》：“弋，橜也，象折木衺銳著形。从，象物挂之也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.857-858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)