巠
jīng

warp (textile)

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 30, 2020, 05:16 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 30, 2020, 05:16 PM

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Depicts weaving vertical (warp) threads on a loom.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkengk.lˤeŋ a vein of water (Shuōwén)

說文解字

《說文》：“巠，水脈也。从川在一下，一，地也。省聲。一曰水冥巠也。，古文巠不省。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.804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)