Original form of 曹. Depicts a pair of bags or baskets.
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說文解字
《說文》:“,二東。曹从此。闕。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 李学勤《字源》p.417
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)