夂
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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 28, 2020, 04:28 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 28, 2020, 04:28 PM

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夂 is a component form of 止, 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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)