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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
Just copying from Chinese Multi‑function Character Database
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Original meaning: to shoot stones
Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 欮 represents the sound. In ancient texts, this meaning was written with 氒. The modern meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kjwot | kot | (3p possessive pronoun) |
說文解字
《說文》：“厥，發石也。从厂，欮聲。”
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)