Original meaning: expose to sun
Depicts two hands (共) laying out rice (米) to dry under the sun (日), representing the meaning "expose to sun", now written as 曝. The meaning later shifted to "expose", "injure", and "violent".
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bawH | [b]ˤawk-s | violent |
| buwk | m-pˤawk | expose to sun |
說文解字
《說文》：“曓，疾有所趣也。从日出廾之。”
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)
Pictograph of rain falling from a cloud.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hjuX | C.ɢʷ(r)aʔ | rain |
| hjuH | [ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ-s | rain (v.t.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“雨，水从雲下也。一象天，冂象雲，水霝其間也。，古文。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.813-814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)