Hán

Korea

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approved by cochleoid · Jun 1, 2022, 07:29 PM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Jun 1, 2022, 07:29 PM

Added components with hint for 𠦝, phonosemantic etymology, Baxter-Sagart pronunciations and gloss, Shuowen. Changed gloss from archaic "fence" to modern "Korea".

Changed fields: gloss, hint, originalMeaning, isVerified, components, customSources, historicalPronunciations, shuowenExplanation

Original meaning: fence surrounding a well

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𠦝 represents the sound.

Components

𠦝
𠦝 Sound component

Abbreviated from

Meaning component
Change in meaning
hints at the original meaning of , "fence surrounding a well", which is no longer the most common meaning of in modern Mandarin.

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

井垣也。从韋,取其帀也。幹聲。又國名。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode