wāng

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Apr 21, 2026, 03:25 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Apr 21, 2026, 03:25 AM

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Variant of . Pictograph of a person with deformed legs.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʷaːŋ

說文解字

《說文》:“,,曲脛也。从大,象偏曲之形。,古文从。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.771
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica