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Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
Shuowen says: "左右視也。从二目。". The Dictionary of Chinese Character variants also says the definition is "眼睛左右張望".
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Original meaning: to look from side to side
Depicts a pair of eyes looking from side to side.
Components
Depicts another eye. Iconic component
Change in meaning
Depicts another eye. hints at the original meaning of 䀠, "to look from side to side",
which is no longer the most common meaning of 䀠 in modern Mandarin.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kjuH | [k]ʷ(r)a-s | look right and left |
說文解字
《說文》：“，左右視也。从二目。讀若拘，又若良士瞿瞿。”
Sources
- Character origin
- https://dict.variants.moe.edu.tw/dictView.jsp?ID=94112#
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)