Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dwot | m-tʰˤut | burst through |
| thwot | tʰˤut | break through; suddenly |
說文解字
《說文》：“突，犬从穴中暫出也。从犬在穴中。一曰滑也。”
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)
Original meaning: to shoot stones
Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 欮 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to shoot stones". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kjwot | kot | (3p possessive pronoun) |
說文解字
《說文》：“厥，發石也。从厂，欮聲。”
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)