Chinese Etymology

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Chinese Etymology

Uncle Hanzi (汉字叔叔)
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Character:

Character (單一漢字)
English Senses For (英文): yao2
single and divided lines in eight groups of three lines each as specified in the Book of Changes: 陽爻 yang-yao the long line (─) ; 陰 爻yin yao-two broken short lines (--)

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 723B
GB2312-80 := D8B3


Simplification (簡化方法):
no simplification
traditional = simplified

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 723B
Big5 := A4F8


(聲字部分):
爻 yao2 (productive phonetic)

(有意部分):
爻 remnant


Etymology (文字來源):
Remnant Primitive, Indicates strokes - for marking or cutting something

Mandarin (普通話): Chinese

Cantonese (廣東話): Analyze

Taiwanese (臺灣話): Analyze

Shanghaiese (上海話): Analyze

Japanese (日本話): Analyze

Korean (韩国話): Analyze Listen

History of Chinese Writing

中國文字的歷史

Spoken Chinese and Other Languages

Unicode Tests

Chinese Equivalent Websites

Chinese Encoding and Conversion

Enable XP for maximum Chinese

ShuoWen: (說文解字):
交也象易六爻頭交也凡爻之屬皆從爻


Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字)

S02389

LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L07933 L07934

Bronze (金文编裏的字) Characters

B04962 B04963 B04964 B04965 B04966 B04967 B04968
B04969 B04970

Oracle (甲骨文编裏的字) Characters

J07817 J07818 J07819 J07820 J07821 J07822 J07823
J07824

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