Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ywen | [ɢ]ʷen | abandon; remove |
| Zhengzhang | ɢʷen | ||
| Unicode | iuɛn |
說文解字
棄也。从手肙聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
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- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Original meaning: desire to have something
Phonosemantic compound. 柰 represents the sound and 欠 represents the meaning. Based on the original meaning "desire to have something". The meaning later shifted to "funds" and "item".
Components
Character Evolution
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Sound (0 of 1 verified)
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | kʰloːnʔ | |
| Unicode | kuɑn |
說文解字
《說文》：“，意有所欲也。从欠，祟欠省。歀，或从柰。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 李学勤《字源》p.768
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- Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Original meaning: paper mulberry
Pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves, now written as 楮. The distinguishing mark 口 was added later. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
口 Distinguishing component
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsyaeX | tAʔ | (nominalizing particle) |
說文解字
《說文》：“者，別事詞也。从白，聲。，古文旅字。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 林志強《《文源》評注》p.524-525李学勤《字源》p.290
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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