What is the etymology of this kanji 厚?


In this wiktionary page
[https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/厚](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8E%9A)
the etymology for the kanji 厚 is not complete: they wrote that it's an
ideogrammic compound but they didn't write the component functions. I want to
know the etymology for this kanji (and also if someone can complete this page
in wiktionary to help learners it would be great).




「[厚]{こう}」( _thick, large, deep, strong_ ) is comprised of semantic「厂」( _cliff_
) and simultaneously semantic and phonetic「[]{こう}」( _salt container shaped
with a wide mouth and narrow neck_ > _thick, strong flavour of salt_ ). The
character「厚」was originally used to describe the wideness and deepness of lofty
hills and mountains.

「」was a character that fell into disuse very early on. As part of「厚」,「」was
later graphically corrupted into「⿱日子」, so「⿱日子・㫗」is now interpreted as a
variant form of「厚」.

`商  
甲  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rx2HR.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rx2HR.png)  
佚211  
合集34124``春秋  
金  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eEMMY.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eEMMY.png)  
魯伯厚父盤  
集成10086``  
篆  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iE6nD.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iE6nD.png)  
說文解字  
``東漢  
隸  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uEY1Z.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uEY1Z.png)  
婁壽碑  
``今  
楷  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8iUNZ.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8iUNZ.png)  
  
`

> Note,「厚」and「」originally represented the same word; the different _kanji_
> gave the different nuances.

For reference, glyph evolution of「」, which depicts a vessel used for storing
salt, shaped with a wide opening and a narrow neck:

`商  
甲  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jC3zV.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jC3zV.png)  
後2.32.11  
合集18637``商  
金  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uu2Wx.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uu2Wx.png)  
冊丁酉爵  
集成8791``  
篆  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2CLKO.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2CLKO.png)  
說文解字  
``今  
楷  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KHVrt.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KHVrt.png)  
  
`

* * *

**Reference**

  * 季旭昇《說文新證》




「[厚]{こう}」( _thick, large, deep, strong_ ) is comprised of semantic「厂」( _cliff_
) and simultaneously semantic and phonetic「[]{こう}」( _salt container shaped
with a wide mouth and narrow neck_ > _thick, strong flavour of salt_ ). The
character「厚」was originally used to describe the wideness and deepness of lofty
hills and mountains.

「」was a character that fell into disuse very early on. As part of「厚」,「」was
later graphically corrupted into「⿱日子」, so「⿱日子・㫗」is now interpreted as a
variant form of「厚」.

`商  
甲  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rx2HR.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rx2HR.png)  
佚211  
合集34124``春秋  
金  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eEMMY.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eEMMY.png)  
魯伯厚父盤  
集成10086``  
篆  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iE6nD.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iE6nD.png)  
說文解字  
``東漢  
隸  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uEY1Z.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uEY1Z.png)  
婁壽碑  
``今  
楷  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8iUNZ.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8iUNZ.png)  
  
`

> Note,「厚」and「」originally represented the same word; the different _kanji_
> gave the different nuances.

For reference, glyph evolution of「」, which depicts a vessel used for storing
salt, shaped with a wide opening and a narrow neck:

`商  
甲  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jC3zV.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jC3zV.png)  
後2.32.11  
合集18637``商  
金  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uu2Wx.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uu2Wx.png)  
冊丁酉爵  
集成8791``  
篆  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2CLKO.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2CLKO.png)  
說文解字  
``今  
楷  
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KHVrt.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KHVrt.png)  
  
`

* * *

**Reference**

  * 季旭昇《說文新證》

