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): ye4
a leaf / a petal (of a flower) / a leaf or two pages (of a book) / a period / an era or epoch / something light and tiny-as a small boat in a lake / a Chinese family name

English Senses For (英文): she4
used in names of places

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 53F6
GB2312-80 := D2B6


Simplification (簡化方法):
unique simplification 291
traditional with 1 different simplified

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 8449
Big5 := B8AD


(聲字部分):
枼 ye4 die2

(有意部分):
艹艸 cao3 grass


Etymology (文字來源):
Phonetic Signific, having to do with plants 艹艸 - leaf (see 枼 )

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

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ShuoWen: (說文解字):
艸木之葉也從艸枼聲


Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字)

S00561

LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L29429 L29430 L29431 L29432 L29433

Bronze (金文编裏的字) Characters

B00761


Oracle (甲骨文) Characters - none known

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