這

Derived characters

 * 𥳅 𬰊 𰫲 𰫎 𰧟 𤡖

Glyph origin
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The character was originally a verb meaning “to meet”, whose modern pronunciation is yàn. It was later borrowed for the proximal demonstrative “this/here”, by a confusion in medieval handwriting with.

Etymology 1
First attested in the Tang dynasty; etymology unclear. Proposed etymologies:
 * From .  notes that  always occurs after what is referred to, where as 這 always before.
 * From .  notes that this derivation would be phonologically problematic.
 * From .  notes that this derivation would be phonologically problematic.

Definitions

 * 1) this; these
 * 2) at this moment; right away; at once
 * 3) here
 * 1) at this moment; right away; at once
 * 2) here
 * 1) at this moment; right away; at once
 * 2) here
 * 1) at this moment; right away; at once
 * 2) here
 * 1) here

Etymology 2
Original meaning of this character. It is part of the word family; see there for more.

Definitions

 * 1)  to welcome; to greet; to receive

Kanji

 * 1) crawl, creep, grovel
 * 2) this

Readings
From :

From :

Etymology 1
From ; compare 🇨🇬.

Usage notes

 * The original meaning is "this". In certain words, it has been conflated with native Korean.

Etymology 2
From.

Usage notes

 * Used only in the reading of Classical Chinese; no Korean word appears to use this hanja.

Glyph origin
Simplified from, used as hungaja for similarly pronounced.

Usage notes

 * Probably only found as reduplicated, spelling of the adverb.