Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | trjoX | traʔ | to store, to heap |
| Zhengzhang | taʔ | ||
| tʰaʔ |
說文解字
卒也。从衣者聲。一曰製衣。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Original meaning: to flee
Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 㒸 represents the sound. The meaning later shifted to "follow along" and "comply with".
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | zwijH | sə-lu[t]-s | advance (v.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“遂，亡也。从辵，聲。，古文遂。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.128
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Original meaning: hallway
Pictograph of a hallway, now written as 廊. The character is based on the original meaning "hallway". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ljang | [r]aŋ | good |
說文解字
《說文》：“良，善也。从畗省，亡聲。”
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)