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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC 
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC 
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: youngest, small grains
禾 represents short stalks of grain, 子 represents a young child. Based on the original meaning "youngest, small grains". The meaning later shifted to "crops", and "season".
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Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kjwijH | kʷi[t]-s | youngest |
說文解字
《說文》：“季，少偁也。从子，从稚省，稚亦聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)