廾
gǒng

two hands

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approved by Hsmq · Jan 7, 2025, 06:18 PM

Edited strokes and components

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Pictograph of two hands.

Components

𠂇
𠂇 Iconic component

Depicts left hand.

又
又 Iconic component

Depicts right hand.

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

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjowngXk(r)oŋʔ join the hands

說文解字

《說文》：“廾，竦手也。从，從又。，楊雄說廾从兩手。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)