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approved by 龍龖龘𪚥167 · Jul 15, 2026, 06:35 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Jul 18, 2026, 08:28 AM

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Variant of . Sometimes explained to be a phonosemantic compound or a depiction of something looking around in fear.

Components

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Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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 Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》:“懼,恐也。从心,瞿聲。愳,古文。”

Sources

Character origin
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E6%87%BC
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica