Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 朁 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsom | Cə.tsˤ[ə]m | hairpin |
| tsrim | tsr[ə]m | hairpin |
說文解字
《說文》：“兂，首筓也。从人、匕，象簪形。簪，俗兂。从竹，从朁。”
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)