Chinese

不知不覺

/pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

unconsciously; unwittingly

Etymology graph

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「不知不覺」是由「不」、「知」與「覺」三個字組成。其中，「不」表示否定；「知」代表知道、理解或領悟；「覺」則表示察覺、意識到或覺醒。

在字形構成上，「知」包含了「大」、「口」與「子」三個部件。「覺」字則是由表示意義的「見」與作為音符的「𦥯」組成；而「見」字又由「目」與「卩」構成。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

characterChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
characterChinese知 “to know; to understand; to comprehend”
- ideaChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
- ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
- ideaChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”
characterChinese覺 “to become aware; to dawn on; to awaken to”
- soundChinese𦥯 “Used as a component in several characters.”
- meaningChinese見 “to see”
  - componentChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
  - componentChinese卩 “kneeling person”

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Origin

「不知不覺」是由「不」、「知」與「覺」三個字組成。其中，「不」表示否定；「知」代表知道、理解或領悟；「覺」則表示察覺、意識到或覺醒。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

Lineage

characterChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
characterChinese知 “to know; to understand; to comprehend”
- ideaChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
- ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
- ideaChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”
characterChinese覺 “to become aware; to dawn on; to awaken to”
- soundChinese𦥯 “Used as a component in several characters.”
- meaningChinese見 “to see”
  - componentChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
  - componentChinese卩 “kneeling person”