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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
fixed component decomposition
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Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ywen | lon | go along (a river); follow |
說文解字
《說文》：“沿，緣水而下也。从水，聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘王沿夏。’”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)