Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kjuwH | s.k(r)u-s | help, save |
說文解字
《說文》：“救，止也。从攴，求聲。”
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Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bjun | [b]u[n] | burn (v.) |
| Zhengzhang | bun | ||
| Unicode | bhiən |
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Original meaning: overflow
Depicts water (水) filling up a container (皿). Based on the original meaning "overflow", now written as 溢. The meaning later shifted to "increase" and "benefit".
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'jiek | q[i]k (dialect: *-ik > *-ek) | increase |
說文解字
《說文》：“益，饒也。从水、皿。皿，益之意也。”
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Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 新 represents the sound. Originally written as 新.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | sin | [s]i[n] | firewood |
說文解字
《說文》：“薪，蕘也。从艸，新聲。”
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