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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: develop land
Depicts a hand (寸) holding a farming tool (丵) to develop the land (土). Based on the original meaning "develop land".
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Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | twojH | [t]ˤ[u]p-s | respond |
說文解字
《說文》:“,譍無方也。从丵,从口,从寸。對,或从土。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.169-171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)