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Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Regular Modern
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Depicts lacquer or sap oozing out from a varnish tree (木).
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tshit | [tsʰ]i[t] | varnish |
說文解字
《說文》：“木汁，可以物。象形，桼如水滴而下，凡桼之屬皆从桼。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.511-512漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)