Pictograph of a woman kneeling with a hairpin in her hair. Original form of 簪. Not related to 旡 (choke on something eaten).
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | ʔsrɯm |
說文解字
《說文》：“兂，首筓也。从人、匕，象簪形。簪，俗兂。从竹，从朁。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.690
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)