朞
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full year

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approved by Peter Olson · Feb 18, 2022, 10:27 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 18, 2022, 10:27 PM

期

Original meaning: Variant of 期. Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound.

Components

其
其 Sound component
月
月 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Late Spring and Autumn ~500 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 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》：“期，會也。从月，其聲。，古文期，从日、丌。”

Sources

Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)