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nièxìng

instrument of torture used in ancient times

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Pictograph of shackles.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“，所以驚人也。从大，从。一曰大聲也。一曰讀若瓠。一曰俗語以盜不止為。，讀若籋。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)