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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Depicts the gap between the bones in an infant skull.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | sinH | [s]ə[r]-s | fontanel |
說文解字
《說文》：“囟，頭會匘蓋也。象形。，或从肉、宰。，古文囟字。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.785
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)