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Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
Changed gloss
Changed fields: gloss, originalMeaning, customSources
Depicts a pair of eyes looking from side to side.
Components
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
- 季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.270
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)