Original meaning: meet unexpectedly
Depicts two fish facing each other. Based on the original meaning "meet unexpectedly", now written as 遘.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kuwH | kˤ(r)o-s | 中冓 inner chamber |
說文解字
《說文》：“冓，交積材也。象對交之形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.315
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)