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Glyph origin
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Etymology
From. Related to:


 * (also its phonetic component)

Original sense (1): “to become pregnant, to give birth to, to nurture, to love” has essentially become obsolete. The sense (2) “letter, character” is either from a different root or a derivation from the sense “to produce, to generate”.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) letter; symbol; character, especially a Chinese character
 * 2) word; term; wording; diction
 * 3)  word
 * 4) handwriting; writing
 * 5)  courtesy name; Chinese-style name a name traditionally given to Chinese males at the age of 20 and females at the age of 15
 * 6)  to style; to give someone a courtesy name
 * 7)  style of handwriting; printing type
 * 8)  (a calligrapher's) calligraphy work
 * 9) written letter; message; correspondence
 * 10) receipt; contract; slip
 * 11) pronunciation of a character; pronunciation
 * 12)  side of a coin with written characters; tails
 * 13)  five minutes (derived from the locations of 1 to 12 on a clock face)
 * 14)  to give birth to; to deliver a baby; to bring into the world
 * 15)  to be pregnant; to be carrying a baby
 * 16)   to be betrothed; to be allowed to marry
 * 17)  to bring up; to raise; to rear (a child)
 * 18)  to love; to cherish; to care very much for
 * 19)  to envy; to be jealous of; to admire
 * 20)  to educate; to teach; to instruct
 * 21)  to govern; to administer
 * 1)  to give birth to; to deliver a baby; to bring into the world
 * 2)  to be pregnant; to be carrying a baby
 * 3)   to be betrothed; to be allowed to marry
 * 4)  to bring up; to raise; to rear (a child)
 * 5)  to love; to cherish; to care very much for
 * 6)  to envy; to be jealous of; to admire
 * 7)  to educate; to teach; to instruct
 * 8)  to govern; to administer
 * 1)  to love; to cherish; to care very much for
 * 2)  to envy; to be jealous of; to admire
 * 3)  to educate; to teach; to instruct
 * 4)  to govern; to administer
 * 1)  to envy; to be jealous of; to admire
 * 2)  to educate; to teach; to instruct
 * 3)  to govern; to administer
 * 1)  to govern; to administer

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) letter, character
 * 2) handwriting, penmanship
 * 1) handwriting, penmanship

Counter

 * 1) letters, characters

Etymology 2
From. First attested in the  of 720.

Noun

 * 1) courtesy name
 * 2) nickname
 * 3) a section of a village
 * 1) a section of a village

Etymology 3
Shortened form of azana above.

Noun

 * 1) a section of a village

Etymology
From.

Han character

 * 1) character, letter
 * 2) word