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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
Changed explanation and notes slightly
Changed fields: hint, components
Original meaning: cut fruit
Depicts fruit being cut down using a knife (匃). Based on the original meaning "fruit that has been cut down". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hat | [g]ˤat | what |
說文解字
《說文》：“曷，何也。从曰，匃聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.387-388
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)