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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | nyuX | noʔ | milk; nipple |
說文解字
《說文》:“乳,人及鳥生子曰乳,獸曰產。从孚,从乙。乙者,玄鳥也。《明堂》、《月令》:‘玄鳥至之日,祠于高禖以請子。’故乳从乙。請子必以乙至之日者,乙春分來,秋分去,開生之候鳥,帝少昊司分之官也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)