xié HSK1

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approved by Peter Olson · Feb 18, 2022, 09:41 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 18, 2022, 09:41 PM

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a head () on top of a person (). Means "head" when pronounced xié. Has unrelated meaning "leaf" when pronounced yè, due to this character being adopted as a variant form of .

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Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
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Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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