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Seal Qin 221-206 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 垂 represents the sound.
Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 垂 represents the sound.
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Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | djol | |
| Unicode | zhiuɛ |
說文解字
《說文》：“陲，危也。从，垂聲。”
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)