Depicts a blind person, with a missing lower eyelid, holding a cane. Similar in origin to 老. Original form of 瞽.
Character Evolution
說文解字
《說文》：“，廱蔽也。从人，象左右皆蔽形。楊樹達《積微居小學述林》：“者，瞽之初字也，字从儿，象左右二目有所蔽而不見形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.692-693裘錫圭《裘錫圭學術文集》Vol 1, p.510-511
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)