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Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

說文解字

大也。从人吳聲。《詩》曰:“碩人俁俁。”

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Academia Sinica

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Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
wú, yú, tūn one of warring states

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋʷaʔ

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang