廾
gǒng

two hands

Pictograph of two hands.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (28)

开共具兵承索奥典弄塞弃泰奏粪丞奂弁開糞菐𢍏灷棄𡨄𫔭奐奧龹

Meaning (3 of 6 verified)

异奉戒弊弈羿

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjowngXk(r)oŋʔ join the hands

說文解字

《說文》：“廾，竦手也。从，從又。，楊雄說廾从兩手。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)