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Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC 
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
Changed etymology
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Depicts a person bent over (勹) making a clay pot (缶). 勹 also represents the sound. Original form of 陶.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | daw | [l]ˤu | kiln; pottery |
說文解字
《說文》：“匋，瓦器也。从缶，包省聲。古者昆吾作匋。”
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)