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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
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Pictograph of a door, similar to the left half of 門.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | huX | m-qˤaʔ | to stop, to check |
| huX | m-qˤaʔ | door |
說文解字
《說文》:“戶,護也。半門曰戶,象形。,古文戶从木。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.833
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)