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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC Regular Modern
sing
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Original meaning: sing
Duplicate of 可, which has a similar sound. Original form of 歌 and 謌. The current meaning "elder brother" is a phonetic loan, a borrowing from Xianbei.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | kaːl | |
| Unicode | gɑ |
說文解字
《說文》：“哥，聲也。从二可。古文以為謌字。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)