Depicts an object being held between fingers in the hand (又).
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Character Evolution
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Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | sʰraːl |
| sʰreːl |
說文解字
《說文》：“叉，手指相錯也。从又，象叉之形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)