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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Pictograph of a Xiezhi, a mythical animal similar to a unicorn.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dreaX | [d]ˤreʔ | 解廌 heaX.dreaX (legendary animal) |
說文解字
《說文》：“，解，獸也。似山牛，一角。古者决訟，令觸不直。象形，从豸省。”
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)