Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 巠 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hengH | m-kʰˤeŋ-s | leg, shank |
| Zhengzhang | ɡeːŋʔ | ||
| ɡeːŋs | |||
| Unicode | hèng | ||
| hěng |
說文解字
胻也。从肉坙聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)