Depicts a person with their hands and feet tied up, conveying the meaning "to join together". Original form of 綴. Not related to 又 (hand), despite the visual similarity.
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Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | trjwejH | trot-s | stitch (n.?) |
| trjwet | trot | stitch |
說文解字
《說文》：“叕，綴聯也。象形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)