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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Depicts a foot (止) maneuvering underneath a flag (㫃), conveying the meaning "revolve". The 止 component was later reanalyzed as 疋.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | zjwen | s-ɢʷen | turn around; return |
| zjwenH | s-ɢʷen-s | whorl of hair on the head |
說文解字
《說文》：“旋，周旋，旌旗之指麾也。从，从疋。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 徐中舒《甲骨文字典》p.733漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)