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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
Linking this to its origin in 悤, according to Outlier.
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Pictograph of a window with crossbars. Originally the component above 心 in 悤, representing a hole being pierced in the heart.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | sʰloːŋ |
說文解字
《說文》：“囱，在牆曰牖，在屋曰囱。象形。窗，或从穴，，古文。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.761-762董蓮池 《說文解字考正》 p.404The Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, Outlier Linguistics
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)