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Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
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 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Originally written as 某, also variant form of 梅. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 某 represents the sound.
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Historical Pronunciations
說文解字
《說文》：“梅，枏也，可食。从木，每聲。楳，或从某。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)