欮
jué

uprising qi counterflow

Depicts difficulties exhaling (欠) when a person is upside-down (屰). Original form of 瘚.

Components

屰
屰 Meaning component
nì, pò, jí disobedient
欠
欠 Meaning component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

Depicts a person with an open mouth. Used here to convey the idea of exhaling.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

厥阙闕

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkod

說文解字

《說文》：“瘚，屰气也。从疒，从屰，从欠。欮，瘚或省疒。”

Sources

Character origin
鍾林《金文解析大字典》p.1099
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)