Reversal of 身. Depicts a person with a protruding midsection.
Character Evolution
Component uses
說文解字
《說文》：“，歸也。从反身。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.661-662Wiktionary
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)