Pictograph of a building with a thatched roof. Original form of 屋.
Character Evolution
Component uses
說文解字
《說文》:“,幬帳之象。从,其飾也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 黃德寛《古文字譜系疏証》p.957-958古今文字集成季旭昇《說文新證》p.614
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)