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Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Pictograph of a cave or enclosure.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | kʰomʔ |
| kʰomʔ |
說文解字
《說文》：“凵，張口也。象形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.501-502
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)