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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC Regular Modern
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Depicts a hand holding a weapon or tool.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dzyu | [d]o | a kind of lance |
說文解字
《說文》：“殳，以杸殊人也。《禮》：‘殳以積竹，八觚，長丈二尺，建於兵車，車旅賁以先驅。’从又，几聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 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)