厷
gōnghóng

forearm

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 24, 2026, 01:19 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 24, 2026, 01:19 AM

Made the character not look squished.

Changed fields: strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages

Depicts a hand (又) with a circular mark on the arm to indicate the forearm. Original form of 肱.

Components

又
又 Iconic component
yòu hand

Depicts a hand.

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Mark on the hand to indicate the forearm.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷɯːŋ

說文解字

《說文》：“厷，臂上也。从又，从古文。厶，古文厷，象形。肱，厷或从肉。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫董蓮池《說文解字考正》p.114
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)