臬
niè

law

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approved by cochleoid · Jul 13, 2022, 10:55 PM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Jul 13, 2022, 10:55 PM

闑 has a reading with all the same GY parameters as 臬 on EDOC, and has data from Baxter 2011, so I filled that in for the old pronunciation. This character is thought by some to be a variant of this one. Stil doesn't look like 自 is a sound component though.

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Remnant of 㓷. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 𰄩 represents the sound. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

𰄩
𰄩 SoundRemnant component
yì to cut off the nose
Change in sound
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“臬，射準的也。从木，从自。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫李学勤 《字源》 p.529The Digital Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)