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Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: captured prisoner of war
Origin unclear. Variously explained as a remnant of 飛 or a captive prisoner.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | sins |
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說文解字
《說文》：“卂，疾飛也。从飛而羽不見。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.825李学勤《字源》p.1034
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)