冘
yínyóu

to move on

Pictograph of a person carrying a burden or an axe on their shoulder. Same in origin to 何.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts an axe or a burden.

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

沉沈枕耽忱眈鸩鴆

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

酖

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglu
lum

說文解字

《說文》：“冘，淫淫，行貌。从人出冂。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.450-451
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)