Depicts water (水) coming out of a crack in a rock.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dzjwen | s-N-ɢʷar (MC I!) | spring, source |
說文解字
《說文》：“泉，水原也。象水流出成川形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
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- Baxter-Sagart
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Pictograph of a musical stone chime. The 口 component was added later as a meaningless decorative mark.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dzyek | dAk | stone |
說文解字
《說文》：“石，山石也。在厂之下，口象形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.727漢語多功能字庫
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- Baxter-Sagart
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Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kaw | Cə.kˤaw | lard (n.) |
| kawH | [k]ˤaw-s | smear with lard (v.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“膏，肥也。从肉，高聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 亡 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | hmaːŋ |
說文解字
心上鬲下也。从肉亡聲。《春秋傳》曰：“病在肓之下。”
Sources
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- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
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- Academia Sinica
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