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xìng HSK3

fortunate

Origin unclear.

Components

犬 Unknown component

quǎn dog

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 犬 than it was in ancient scripts.

矢 Unknown component

shǐ arrow

Here 矢 is rotated upside-down. Similar to 至. The purpose of this component is unclear.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 矢 than it was in ancient scripts.

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	heangX	[g]ˤreŋʔ	fortunate

《說文》：“，吉而免凶也。从屰，从夭。夭死之事，故死謂之不。”