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Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: to bestow
Depicts a person with outstretched hands (丮) holding a jade ornament (章). The 貝 (shell) component was later added to clarify the original meaning. Based on the original meaning "to bestow". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | komX | k[o]mʔ | the Gàn river |
| komH | [k]ˤom-s | the Gàn river in Jiangxi | |
| kuwngH | [k]ˤom-s (dialect: *-om > *-oŋ) | tribute |
說文解字
《說文》：“贛，賜也。从貝，贛省聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.521李学勤《字源》p.569
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)