Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | drjowng | [m]-troŋ | repeat; double |
| drjowngX | N-t<r>oŋʔ | heavy | |
| drjowngH | N-t<r>oŋʔ-s | weight (n.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“重，厚也。从壬，東聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.657-658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)
Original meaning: glare at
Pictograph of an eye, similar to 目. Based on the original meaning "glare at", now written as 瞋. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dzyin | [g]i[ŋ] | slave, subject |
說文解字
《說文》：“臣，牽也，事君也。象屈服之形。”
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)