Components
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | muwX | məʔ | female teacher in harem |
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Pictograph of a person (人) carrying a heavy weight on their back.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | khok | kʰˤək | carry; able; dominate |
說文解字
《說文》：“克，肩也。象屋下刻木之形。，古文克。，亦古文克。”
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Simplified
Original meaning: cut
Phonosemantic compound. 斤 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "cut". Nowadays this character is usually only used for its sound in phonetic loans.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | sje | [s]e | split (v.) |
| sje | [s]e | this | |
| sje | se | 斯須 a short time |
說文解字
《說文》：“斯，析也。从斤，其聲。《詩》曰：‘斧以斯之。’”
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Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | syang | l̥aŋ | amply-flowing |
| thang | l̥ˤaŋ | hot liquid | |
| thang | r̥ˤaŋ | (proper name:) founder of Shāng dynasty |
說文解字
《說文》：“湯，熱水也。从水，昜聲。”
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Traditional
Original meaning: tasty
Depicts a fish (魚) inside the mouth (甘). Based on the original meaning "tasty". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | luX | [r]ˤaʔ | dull, blunt, simple |
| luX | r.ŋˤaʔ (dialect > *rŋˤ- > *rˤ- > MC l-) | (place name) |
說文解字
《說文》：“魯，鈍詞也。从白，鮺省聲。《論語》曰：‘參也魯。’”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
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- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)