夅
jiàngxiáng

to descend

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Original form of 降. Depicts two feet (夂, 㐄) descending down.

Components

夂
夂 Iconic component
zhǐ, zhōng go

夂 is a component form of 止. Depicts a left foot pointing downwards.

㐄
㐄 Iconic component
kuà step astride

Depicts a right foot pointing downwards.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthaewngm-kˤru[ŋ] (? < *-[u]m)submit

說文解字

《說文》：“夅，服也。从夂、，相承不敢竝也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.479zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)