Chinese Etymology


Character Input:
Simplified (简体字):
Unicode := 751F
GB2312-80 := C9FA


Traditional (繁軆字):
Unicode := 751F
Big5 := A5CD

Phonetic (聲字部分): none

Signific (有意部分): 生 remnant

Etymology (文字來源): Remnant Primitive, to live, a plant 屮 sprouting from the ground 土 - to live - to be born

Simplification (简化方法): no simplification

Cantonese (廣東話): saang1

Taiwanese (台灣話): chheN1 chhiN1 seN1 seng1 siN1

English Senses For (英文): sheng1
to live / life / living / livelihood / alive / to be born / to come into being / to come into existence / to breed / to bear / to beget / to produce / to create / to give rise to / to cause / uncooked / raw / unripe / crude / unfamiliar / strange / unknown / savage / untamed / barbarian / uncultured / a pupil / a student / the male character type in Chinese opera / creatures / a Chinese family name

ShuoWen (说文解字):
進也象艸木生出土上凡生之屬皆從生

Class: traditional = simplified


Input Single Character (單字):


Seal (說文解字來的篆軆字) Characters


s04451
  LST Seal (六書通來的篆軆字) Characters 

L33114 L33115 L33116 L33117 L33118 L33119 L33120

L10544 L10545 L10546 L10547 L10548 L10549 L10550

L10551 L10552 L10553 L10554 L10555 L10556 L10557


L10558 L10559 L10560 L10561 L10562
  Bronze (金文编來的字) Characters 

b09291 b09292 b09293 b09294 b09295 b09296 b09297

b09298 b09299 b09300 b09301 b09302 b09303 b09304

b09305 b09306 b09307 b09308 b09309 b09310 b09311

b09312 b09313 b09314 b09315 b09316 b09317 b09318

b09319 b09320 b09321 b09322 b09323 b09324 b09325

b09326 b09327 b09328 b09329 b09330 b09331 b09332


  Oracle (甲骨文编來的字) Characters 


j15323 j15324 j15325 j15326 j15327 j15328 j15329


j15330 j15331 j15332 j15333 j15334 j15335 j15336


j15337 j15338 j15339 j15340 j15341 j15342 j15343


j15344 j15345 j15346 j15347 j15348 j15349 j15350


j15351 j15352 j15353 j15354 j15355 j15356 j15357


j15358 j15359 j15360 j15361 j15362 j15363 j15364


j15365 j15366 j15367 j15368 j15369 j15370 j15371


j15372 j15373 j15374

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