Chinese Etymology

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Chinese Etymology

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Character:

Character (單一漢字)
English Senses For (英文): zai1
[rare pronunciation]

English Senses For (英文): zai4
at / in / on / up to / to rest with / to consist in / to depend on / to be alive / living / to be present / to exist / used to indicate a progressive tense

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 5728
GB2312-80 := D4DA


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

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 5728
Big5 := A662


(聲字部分):
才 cai2

(有意部分):
土 tu3 potters clay - earth


Etymology (文字來源):
Remnant Phonetic Signific, at this place 土 pronounced 才

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):
存也從土才聲


Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字)

S10187

LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L36200 L36201 L36202 L21132 L21133 L21134 L21135
L21136 L21137 L21138 L21139 L21140 L21141 L21142
L21143 L21144

Bronze (金文编裏的字) Characters

B18706 B18707 B18708 B18709 B18710 B18711

Oracle (甲骨文编裏的字) Characters

J28396

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