Depicts clothes (衣) made from fur (毛), typically the outermost layer of clothing. In simplified Chinese 表 is also used to mean "wristwatch", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 錶.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pjewX | p(r)awʔ | exterior |
說文解字
《說文》：“表，上衣也。从衣，从毛‧古者衣裘，以毛為表。，古文表从麃。”
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)
Simplified
Simplified form of 冊. Pictograph of strips of bamboo strung together. In ancient China writing was done on bamboo strips.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsrheak | [tsʰ](ˤ)rek | tablet, records |
說文解字
《說文》：“冊，符命也，諸矦進受于王也。象其札一長一短，中有二編之形。笧，古文从竹。”
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
Pictograph of strips of bamboo strung together. In ancient China writing was done on bamboo strips.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsrhɛk | [tsʰ](ˤ)rek | tablet, records |
| Zhengzhang | sʰreːɡ |
說文解字
《說文》：“冊，符命也，諸矦進受于王也。象其札一長一短，中有二編之形。笧，古文从竹。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)