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grassy plant with fibres from which cloth is made

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰʷeŋʔ
kʰʷeːŋʔ

說文解字

枲屬。从𣏟，熒省。《詩》曰：“衣錦檾衣。”

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

𰘓 qǐng grassy plant with fibres from which cloth is made Simplified

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