interrogative particle

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 27, 2020, 09:18 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 27, 2020, 09:18 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Variant form of .

Components

Meaning component
me [question particle]
Sound component
má, ma hemp

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːl
Unicodemɑ̌

說文解字

細也。从幺麻聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang