Where does “仔” come from?

仔 (Chinese) comes from Chinese 佮, from Chinese 合.

Ancestry of “仔”, step by step

仔 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 佮

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese佮—
2Chinese合—

via Chinese 著

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese著to touch
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-ta-tto put, to place; to put; to place

Words derived from “仔”

Every word from Chinese 合 →