夂
zhǐ

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 29, 2026, 06:39 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 29, 2026, 06:39 AM

made design less squished

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Variant form of 夊. Depicts a foot pointing downwards. Upside-down version of 止.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“夂，从後至也。象人兩脛後有致之者。讀若黹。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.466
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)