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approved by Prismcool · Nov 14, 2023, 05:10 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Nov 14, 2023, 05:10 AM

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Original meaning: continue; succession

Depicts a succession of chariots being controlled by a whip (攴）. Based on the original meaning "continue". The meaning later shifted to "further", "more", "alternate", "replace", and "change".

Components

攴
攴 Iconic component

This component was added later into the character to reinforce the idea of controlling chariots. Depicts a hand holding a whip.

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

Originally depicted a chariot. Later corrupted into sound component 丙.

Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkaengkˤraŋ change (v.)
kaengHkˤraŋ-s still more

說文解字

《說文》：“，改也。从攴，丙聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.241
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)