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yǒngyíng

sacrifice

No origin information available for this character yet.

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Readings & variants
Unicode

yǒng sacrifice Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷreŋ
ɢʷreŋs

說文解字

設緜蕝爲營,以禳風雨、雪霜、水旱、癘疫於日月星辰山川也。从示,榮省聲。一曰禜、衞,使灾不生。《禮記》曰:“雩,禜。祭水旱。”

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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica