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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC 
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC 
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Regular Modern
爫
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Depicts a hand (爫) calming a woman (女) down. The meaning later shifted to "adequate", "suitable", and "satisfactory".
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Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | thwaX | n̥ˤojʔ | at ease |
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica