Chinese

可見一斑

/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pän⁵⁵/

to be able to deduce the whole picture of a matter from one small detail

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「可見一斑」是由四個漢字組成。其中「可」表示「可以、能夠」，其字形包含表示口部的「口」作為意義組成部分，並以「丂」作為聲音組成部分；「丂」的結構包含「𠃑」與「一」。「見」的意思是「看見」，由「目」與「卩」組成。「一」即指「一」。

最後一個字「斑」意指「斑點或條紋」，是由「文」（意指紋路、花紋或裝飾）作為意義組成部分，並以「班」作為聲音組成部分。在「班」的結構中，包含了「珏」（玉片）與「刀」這兩個組成部分。

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

characterChinese可 “can; may; be able to”
- meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
- soundChinese丂 “the appearance of air which is to be released”
  - componentChinese𠃑
characterChinese見 “to see”
- componentChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
- componentChinese卩 “kneeling person”
characterChinese一 “one”
characterChinese斑 “spot; stripe”
- meaningChinese文 “original form of 紋／纹 (wén, “mark, pattern, design, tattoo, decoration”)”
- soundChinese班 “group; party; class”
  - ideaChinese珏 “pieces of jade”
  - ideaChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”

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Origin

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

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characterChinese可 “can; may; be able to”
- meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
- soundChinese丂 “the appearance of air which is to be released”
  - componentChinese𠃑
characterChinese見 “to see”
- componentChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
- componentChinese卩 “kneeling person”
characterChinese一 “one”
characterChinese斑 “spot; stripe”
- meaningChinese文 “original form of 紋／纹 (wén, “mark, pattern, design, tattoo, decoration”)”
- soundChinese班 “group; party; class”
  - ideaChinese珏 “pieces of jade”
  - ideaChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”