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): meng4
a dream / to dream / to see visions / wishful thinking / wishful / a Chinese family name

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 68A6
GB2312-80 := C3CE


Simplification (簡化方法):
unique simplification 178
simplified with 1 different traditional

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 5922
Big5 := B9DA


(聲字部分):
瞢 meng4 meng2

(有意部分):
夢 remnant
夕 xi4 moon



Etymology (文字來源):
Remnant Primitive, an eye with eye lid (top) man 儿冖 and moon 夕 (bottom) - dream

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

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ShuoWen: (說文解字):
不明也從夕瞢省聲


Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字)

S04940

LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L35561 L35562 L35563 L18916 L18917 L18918


Bronze (金文编) Characters - none known


Oracle (甲骨文编裏的字) Characters

J17965 J17966 J17967 J17968 J17969 J17970 J17971
J17972 J17973 J17974 J17975 J17976 J17977 J17978
J17979 J17980 J17981 J17982 J17983 J17984 J17985
J17986 J17987 J17988 J17989 J17990 J17991 J17992
J17993 J17994 J17995 J17996 J17997 J17998 J17999
J18000 J18001 J18002 J18003 J18004 J18005 J18006
J18007 J18008 J18009 J18010 J18011 J18012 J18013
J18014 J18015 J18016 J18017 J18018 J18019

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