Original meaning: animal's paw
Depicts an animal's claw (釆) with their paw shown. 釆 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "animal's paw", now written as 蹯. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pa | pˤar | martial |
| phjon | pʰar | a turn, a time |
說文解字
《說文》：“番，獸足謂之番。从采，田象其掌。番或从足、从煩。，古文番。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.89
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | lejH | [r]ˤep-s | herb whose roots are made into brushes |
| Zhengzhang | reːbs | ||
| rebs | |||
| Unicode | lèi | ||
| liɛ̀ |
說文解字
艸也。似蒲而小，根可作㕞。从艸劦聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsye | ke | branch (of tree) |
說文解字
《說文》：“枝，木別生條也。从木，支聲。”
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)