Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | drim | C.[d]r[ə]m (~ *m-lr[ə]m) | sink (v.t.) |
| drim | [d]r[ə]m (~ *m-lr[ə]m) | sink (v.i.) | |
| drim | [d]r[ə]m | sacrifice in which gifts are sunk in water | |
| drimH | [d]r[ə]m-s | sacrifice in which gifts are sunk in water | |
| syimX | [s.t][ə]mʔ | (name of a state) |
說文解字
《說文》：“沈，陵上滈水也。从水，冘聲。一曰濁黕也。”
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
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | ɢʷreŋ | |
| qʷeːŋs | ||
| Unicode | hiuæng | |
| qèng |
說文解字
玉色。从玉，熒省聲。一曰石之次玉者。《逸論語》曰：“如玉之瑩。”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)