Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 北 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bwojH | m-pˤək-s | turn the back on |
| pwojH | pˤək-s | the back |
說文解字
《說文》：“背，也。从肉，北聲。”
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)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | mjiwH | m-riw-s (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-) | lie, error < 'twist the truth' |
| Zhengzhang | mrɯws |
說文解字
狂者之妄言也。从言翏聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)