wěizhān

high and dangerous, look upward

Depicts a person () standing on a cliff ().

Components
人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

厂 iconic component

  Iconic component

hǎnchǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

Evolution

厃 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
厃 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
厃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
厃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

wěi

high and dangerous

 

zhān

gaze into the distance; to look upward

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[t.q]am

tsyem

zhān

look upwards


Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+5383

Shuowen

“厃,仰也。从人在厂上。一曰屋梠也,秦謂之桷,齊謂之厃。”
Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.727-728



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