Chinese

硬

yìng
hard (resistant to pressure)
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 6
  • radical 石
  • 12 strokes

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Origin

Etymology 1

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋɡraːŋs, *ŋɡraːŋs): semantic 石 + phonetic 更 (OC *kraːŋ, *kraːŋs).

Etymology 2

Probably an irregular reading from etymology 1.

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese石 “stone; rock (Classifier: 嚿 c; 塊／块 c)”
  • soundChinese更 “to change; to replace”
    • soundChinese𰀒 “two chariots”
    • meaningChinese攴 “to hit lightly; to tap”

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