zhǐ

go

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 29, 2026, 09:02 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 29, 2026, 09:02 AM

Labelled this character as a variant of 夊, as in the 漢語多功能庫, the character 夊 has an entry, while 夂 doesn't.

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Variant form of . is a component form of , which is a pictograph of a foot.

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