Chinese Etymology


Character Input:
Simplified (简体字):
Unicode := 5B64
GB2312-80 := B9C2


Traditional (繁軆字):
Unicode := 5B64
Big5 := A974

Phonetic (聲字部分): 瓜 gua1

Signific (有意部分): 爫爪 zhua3 zhao3 claw

Etymology (文字來源): Phonetic Signific, the child 子with no parents

Simplification (简化方法): no simplification

Cantonese (廣東話): gwoo1

Taiwanese (台灣話): koD1

English Senses For (英文): gu1
solitary / lone / lonely / friendless / helpless / unaided / fatherless / orphaned / ( said of disposition ) eccentric / negligent in an obligation

ShuoWen (说文解字):
無父也從子瓜聲

Class: traditional = simplified


Input Single Character (單字):


Seal (說文解字來的篆軆字) Characters


s10986
  LST Seal (六書通來的篆軆字) Characters 

L03376 L03377 L03378 L03379 L03380 L03381 L03382


  Bronze (金文编來的字) Characters 


  Oracle (甲骨文编來的字) Characters 



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