Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | xwoj | [r̥ ]ˤu[j] (W dialect: *r̥ - > MC x-) | exhausted, weary |
| xjwɨjX | [r̥ ]u[j]ʔ (W dialect: *r̥ - > MC x-) | snake-brood | |
| xjwɨjX | r̥ u[j]ʔ (W dialect: *r̥ - > MC x-) | sound of thunder | |
| Zhengzhang | hŋuːl | ||
| hŋruːl | |||
| hŋlulʔ |
說文解字
虺以注鳴。《詩》曰：“胡爲纵蜥。”从虫兀聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)