Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a thumb or a person's face.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | baek | bˤrak | white |
說文解字
《說文》：“白，西方色也。陰用事，物色白。从入合二。二，陰數。，古文白。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.625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)
𬶨 Simplified
Original meaning: fat pig
Depicts the meat (⺼) from a fat pig (豕).
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dwonX | lˤu[n]ʔ | drag feet; withdraw |
| dwon | lˤu[n] | young pig |
說文解字
《說文》：“，小豕也。从彖省，象形。从又持肉，以給祠祀。豚，篆文从肉、豕。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫陳劍《“隺”“彖”兩字合證補説》
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)