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zhìkù

think tank

zhì wisdom, knowledge

Phonosemantic compound. 知 represents the sound and 甘 represents the meaning..

Components

知 Sound Meaning component

zhī know

甘 Meaning component

gān sweetness

Depicts a mouth.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trjeH	tre-s	knowledge

說文解字

《說文》：“，識詞也。从白，从亏，从知。，古文。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.277
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

kù armory Simplified

Simplified form of 庫. Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 車 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning component

guǎng roof

车 Sound component

chē cart, vehicle

Change in sound

库 and 车 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
库 khuH
车 kjo

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

kù armory Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 車 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning component

guǎng roof

車 Sound Meaning component

chē cart, vehicle

Change in sound

庫 and 車 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
庫 khuH
車 kjo

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khuH	[k]ʰˤa-s	arsenal; storehouse

說文解字

《說文》：“庫，兵車藏也。从車，在广下。”

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)