𤕦
níng

disorder, unravel

Possibly depicts a person carrying a vessel filled with blood for offering to ancestors. 土 and 攴 were later added for unknown reasons. Original meaning unclear.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Possibly depicts a person carrying a vessel filled with blood.

土
土 Unknown component
tǔ earth

The purpose of this component is unclear.

攴
攴 Unknown component
pū tap

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

襄

說文解字

《說文》：“，亂也。从爻工交吅。一曰室，讀若禳。，籀文。”

Sources

Character origin
何景成《甲骨文字詁林補編》p.15-16zi.toolsWenlin Dictionaries
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)