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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC 
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD Regular Modern
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Simplified form of 冊. Pictograph of strips of bamboo strung together. In ancient China writing was done on bamboo strips.
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Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsrheak | [tsʰ](ˤ)rek | tablet, records |
說文解字
《說文》：“冊，符命也，諸矦進受于王也。象其札一長一短，中有二編之形。笧，古文从竹。”
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- 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)