Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pæn | pˤran | variegated |
| Zhengzhang | praːn | ||
| Unicode | ban |
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
Original meaning: a beautiful name for a woman
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 𦣞 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ki | [k](r)ə | (family name) |
說文解字
《說文》：“姬，黃帝居姬水以為姓。从女，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)
Traditional
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 劦 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | xjæp | qʰ<r>ep | flank, side of the body |
| Zhengzhang | hlams | ||
| hlab | |||
| Unicode | xiæp |
說文解字
兩𦜶也。从肉劦聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
鶥 Traditional
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | mril |
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang