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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Changed fields: components
Components
乙 Distinguishing component
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kan | [k]ˤar | dry |
| gjen | [g](r)ar | heaven; heavenly |
說文解字
《說文》：“乾，上出也。从乙。乙，物之達也。倝聲。，籀文乾。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.959-960
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)