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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Depicts a woven bamboo mat. Original form of 簟.
Character Evolution
說文解字
《說文》：“，舌皃。从省，象形。，古文，讀若三年導服之導。一曰竹上皮。讀若沾。一曰讀若誓，弼字从此。”
Sources
- Character origin
- zi.tools季旭昇《說文新證》p.149
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)