Components
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | kroːŋ |
| qʰroːŋ |
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
Phonosemantic compound. 欠, depicting a person with an open mouth, represents the meaning, while 谷 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | yowk | ɢ(r)ok | desire (v.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“欲，貪欲也。从欠，谷聲。”
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)
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | gi | [g](r)ə | period of time |
說文解字
《說文》：“期，會也。从月，其聲。，古文期，从日、丌。”
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)