Original meaning: insightful
Variant of 悤. Depicts a line (匆) piercing a heart (心) (i.e. having an insightful understanding), conveying the meaning "insightful". now written as 聰. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | sʰloːŋ | |
| Unicode | tsung |
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- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.762林志強《《文源》評注》p.36張世超《金文形義通解》p.2443-2444Ning Yu "Heart and Cognition in Ancient Chinese Philosophy"
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
Traditional
Original meaning: insightful
Depicts a line (囱) piercing a heart (心) (i.e. having an insightful understanding), conveying the meaning "insightful", now written as 聰. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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說文解字
《說文》：“悤，多遽悤悤也。从心、囪，囪亦聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.762林志強《《文源》評注》p.36張世超《金文形義通解》p.2443-2444Ning Yu "Heart and Cognition in Ancient Chinese Philosophy"
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)