𡨄
sāixià

to stop up

𡨄 is a component form of . Depicts two hands () stuffing various objects () into an enclosed space (). Not related to , despite being same in shape.

Components

Iconic component
mián roof
Iconic component
gōng work

Depicts an object.

Iconic component
gōng work

Depicts an object.

Iconic component
gǒng two hands

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2)

說文解字

《說文》:“,窒也。从,从廾。猶齊也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.1189-1190張世超《金文形義通解》p.1100-1101
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica