Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bjijX | [b]irʔ (dialect: *-r > *-j) | female of animals |
| bjinX | [b]irʔ | female of animals | |
| Zhengzhang | bilʔ | ||
| binʔ |
說文解字
畜母也。从牛匕聲。《易》曰：“畜牝牛，吉。”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Depicts a cow (牛) with a penis (丄). In oracle bone script the animals varied in depiction, such as a pig (豕), a deer (鹿), sheep (羊), horse (馬), etc.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | muwX | m(r)uʔ | male |
說文解字
《說文》：“牡，畜父也。从牛，土聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.91-92
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Originally was a pictograph of a chicken. Later changed to a phonosemantic compound of 奚 and 隹 (bird).
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kej | kˤe | fowl, chicken |
說文解字
《說文》：“雞，知時畜也。从隹，奚聲。鷄，籀文雞从鳥。”
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 | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | mjæng | m.reŋ | cry (of birds or animals) |
| Zhengzhang | mreŋ | ||
| Unicode | miæng |
說文解字
鳥聲也。从鳥从口。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)