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)
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 匈 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | qʰoŋ | |
| Unicode | xiong |
說文解字
《說文》：“匈，聲也。从勹，凶聲。，匈或从肉。”
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)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | sloːʔ |
說文解字
大澤也。从艸𢿙聲。九州之藪：楊州具區，荆州雲夢，豫州甫田，青州孟諸，沇州大野，雝州弦圃，幽州奚養，冀州楊紆，并州昭餘祁是也。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- 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