Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | xwoj | m̥ˤə | ashes |
說文解字
《說文》：“灰，死火餘也。从火，从又。又，手也。火既滅，可以執持。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.890
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Pictograph of a sparrow.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsjak | [ts]ewk | sparrow |
說文解字
《說文》：“雀，依人小鳥也。从小、隹。讀與爵同。”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
鶥 Traditional
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | mril |
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang