Chinese Etymology


Character Input:
Simplified (简体字):
Unicode := 4E7E
GB2312-80 := C7AC


Traditional (繁軆字):
Unicode := 4E7E
Big5 := B0AE

Phonetic (聲字部分): 倝 gan4

Signific (有意部分): 乚乙 yi3 ya3 person kneeling

Etymology (文字來源): Phonetic Signific, at dawn 倝 when the sun comes up things begin to dry 乙 - dry

Simplification (简化方法): no simplification

Cantonese (廣東話): gon1 kin4

Taiwanese (台灣話): kan1 kian1 koaN1 khian5 ta1

English Senses For (英文): gan1
clean / dry / dried / exhausted

English Senses For (英文): qian2
the first of the Eight Diagrams ( 八 卦 ) / heaven / male / a father / a sovereign

ShuoWen (说文解字):
上出也從乙乙物之達也倝聲

Class: traditional = simplified


Input Single Character (單字):


Seal (說文解字來的篆軆字) Characters


s10941 s10942
  LST Seal (六書通來的篆軆字) Characters 

L32029 L32030 L32031 L32032 L07189 L07190 L07191


L07192 L07193 L07194 L07195 L07196 L07197
  Bronze (金文编來的字) Characters 


  Oracle (甲骨文编來的字) Characters 



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