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rejected by inralback19 · Mar 13, 2026, 12:55 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Mar 14, 2026, 01:22 AM

distngus

Review: 屰 is not a distingusting component in this graph. 屰 is simply just the corrupted form of 乇, the sound component in this graph.

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Original meaning: develop new land

Archaic variant of . Phonosemantic compond: 广 represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally a variant form of , based on the original meaning "to develop new land". The component was confused with the visually similar .

Components

广
广 Meaning component

Corruption of the original sound component .

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyhekt-qʰAk salty soil

說文解字

《說文》:“,郤屋也。从广,屰聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.724-725
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica