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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Derived from 彳, which depicts a street intersection. The last stroke is lengthened to indicate the meaning "walk" or "long stride".
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | linʔ |
說文解字
《說文》：“廴，長行也。从彳引之。”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)