xián
all
Original meaning:
massacre
Depicts a massacre with a weapon (戌), based on the original meaning "massacre". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
口 Distinguishing component
kǒu
mouth
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 咸
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
all | ||
salted fish | ||
pickles | ||
bacon | ||
Xianyang prefecture level city in Shaanxi |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g]ˤr[ə]m | heam | xián | all; everywhere |
Statistics
HSK level 4
Appears in 2.8672% of movies
2738th most common character in movies
2525th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+54B8 |
Shuowen | “咸，皆也，悉也。从口，从戌。戌，悉也。” |
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