Chinese

家具

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
furniture (Classifier: 件 m; 套 m)
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 3
  • 傢具
  • 家俱
  • 傢俱

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Lineage

  • characterChinese家 “home”
    • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • soundChinese𢑓 “pig.”
    • soundChinese豭 “boar; male pig”
      • meaningChinese豕 “pig; boar”
      • soundChinese叚 “original form of 假 (jiǎ, “to borrow”)”
        • ideaChinese爪 “claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail”
        • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
        • ideaChinese石 “stone; rock (Classifier: 嚿 c; 塊／块 c)”
  • characterChinese具 “tool; implement”
    • ideaChinese鼎 “ding (ancient large, three-legged bronze cauldron for cooking or sacrificial rituals)”
    • ideaChinese廾 “both hands”

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