Simplified
Original meaning: hat
Pictograph of a person wearing a hat or a crown, now written as 冕. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | mjenX | mr[o][r]ʔ | avoid |
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.640-641林志強《《文源》評注》p.410
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
Traditional
Original meaning: type of bird
Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of bird". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | nan | nˤar | difficult |
| nanH | nˤar-s | difficulty |
說文解字
《說文》：“，鳥也。从鳥，堇聲。難，或从隹。”
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)