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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC 
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC 
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC 
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC 
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Qin 221-206 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: massacre
Depicts a massacre with a weapon (戌), based on the original meaning "massacre". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
口 Distinguishing component
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | heam | [g]ˤr[ə]m | all; everywhere |
說文解字
《說文》：“咸，皆也，悉也。从口，从戌。戌，悉也。”
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)