Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | kʰɯds |
說文解字
《說文》：“汽，水涸也。或曰泣下。从水，气聲。《詩》曰：‘汽可小康。’”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Simplified
Pictograph of a cliff or similarly shaped object. Sometimes used interchangeably with 广 to depict a roof. In simplified Chinese 厂 is also used to mean "factory", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 廠.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | xanX | ŋ̊ˤarʔ | cliff |
| xanH | ŋ̊ˤar(ʔ)-s | cliff |
說文解字
《說文》：“厂，山石之厓巖，人可居。象形。厈，籀文从干。”
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
Pictograph of a war chariot.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsyhae | [t.qʰ](r)A | chariot |
| kjo | C.q(r)a | chariot |
說文解字
《說文》：“車，輿輪之總名。夏后時奚仲所造。象形。，籀文車。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.939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)