Bamboo-like ⺮ tendons in the chest 肋
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kjɨn | C.[k]ə[n] | sinew |
| Zhengzhang | kɯn | ||
| Unicode | giən |
說文解字
肉之力也。从力从肉从竹。竹，物之多筋者。凡筋之屬皆从筋。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | maː |
| maːɡ |
說文解字
肉閒胲膜也。从肉莫聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)