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Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
Added original meaning
Changed fields: originalMeaning
Original meaning: curl up in a fetal position
Derived from 丸, which depicts a person bent over.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'jwonX | [ʔ]o[r]ʔ | turn over in bed |
說文解字
《說文》：“夗，轉卧也。从夕，从卪。卧有卪也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 鄔可晶《「丸」字續釋——從清華簡所見的一種「邍」字談起》說“館”
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)