夃
gū

thigh

Pictograph a person with a mark indicating the location of the thigh. Original form of 股.

Components

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Marker indicating the location of the thigh.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Meaning (1)

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːʔ

說文解字

《說文》:“夃,秦以市買多得為夃。从,从夂,益至也。从乃。《詩》曰:‘我夃酌彼金罍。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫林志強《《文源》評注》p.472
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica