Original meaning: harvest
Pictograph of a person (人) harvesting grain (禾). The harvest season is a yearly event.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | nen | C.nˤi[ŋ] | harvest; year |
說文解字
《說文》：“年，穀孰也。从禾，千聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.574-575
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Original meaning: bush
Phonosemantic compound. 林 represents the meaning and 疋 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bush". The meaning later shifted to "distinct" and "clear".
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsrhjoX | [s.r̥]aʔ | arrange in order |
| tsrhjoX | s.r̥aʔ | thorns | |
| tsrhjoX | s.r̥aʔ | name of a state |
說文解字
《說文》：“楚，叢木。一名荊也。从林，疋聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 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)
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ha | [C.g]ˤaj | river |
說文解字
《說文》：“河，水。出焞煌塞外昆侖山，發原注海。从水，可聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 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)