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qiǎn shallow Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淺.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

戋 Sound component

jiān, cán small

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

cǎo grass

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 早 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Sound Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

早 Sound component

zǎo early

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshawX	[tsʰ]ˤuʔ	grass, plants
	tshawX	[tsʰ]ˤuʔ	rough, coarse

說文解字

草斗，櫟實也。一曰象斗子。从艸早聲。

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)

qiǎn shallow Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 戔 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

戔 Sound component

small

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshjenX	[tsʰ]e[n]ʔ	shallow

說文解字

《說文》：“淺，不深也。从水，戔聲。”

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)

浅 qiǎn shallow Simplified

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草 cǎo grass

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淺 qiǎn shallow Traditional

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Character Evolution

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qiǎn shallow Simplified

cǎo grass

qiǎn shallow Traditional