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): jie2
control / to restrict / to curtail / to economize

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 8282
GB2312-80 := BDDA


Simplification (簡化方法):
universal simplification 051
traditional with 1 different simplified

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 7BC0
Big5 := B860


(聲字部分):
節 jie2 即卽 ji2 (productive phonetic)

(有意部分):
竹 zhu2 du2 bamboo


Etymology (文字來源):
Phonetic Signific, to control with bamboo 竹 with the threat of beating - control

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):
竹約也從竹即聲


Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字)

S03295

LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L37898 L37899 L37900 L37901 L26918 L26919 L26920

Bronze (金文编裏的字) Characters

B06431 B06432 B06433 B06434 B06435


Oracle (甲骨文) Characters - none known

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