Chinese Etymology


Character Input:
Simplified (简体字):
Unicode := 5916
GB2312-80 := CDE2


Traditional (繁軆字):
Unicode := 5916
Big5 := A57E

Phonetic (聲字部分): none

Signific (有意部分): 夕 xi4 moon
卜 bu3 pu1 divine


Etymology (文字來源): Signific Cluster, calculations of the moon and cracked in the turtle shell - the occult - outside

Simplification (简化方法): no simplification

Cantonese (廣東話): ngoi6

Taiwanese (台灣話): goa7

English Senses For (英文): wai4
out / outside / foreign / alien / diplomatic / diplomacy / besides / in addition / a term referring to one's husband / a role in Chinese opera for old men / to alienate / on wife's or mother's side / relatives of one's sisters or daughters

ShuoWen (说文解字):
古文外

Class: traditional = simplified


Input Single Character (單字):


Seal (說文解字來的篆軆字) Characters


s04945 s04946
  LST Seal (六書通來的篆軆字) Characters 

L36182 L36183 L36184 L36185 L36186 L36187 L36188

L36189 L36190 L36191 L21082 L21083 L21084 L21085

L21086 L21087 L21088 L21089 L21090 L21091 L21092


  Bronze (金文编來的字) Characters 

b10561 b10562 b10563 b10564 b10565 b10566 b10567


b10568 b10569
  Oracle (甲骨文编來的字) Characters 


j16675 j16676 j16677 j16678

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