zhuàn

seal up gaps of a boat

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approved by Peter Olson · Apr 26, 2021, 06:59 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Apr 26, 2021, 06:59 PM

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Depicts two hands () holding an object () to patch up a gap in a boat, now written as .

Components

Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts filling material or caulking.

Iconic component
gǔn, shù vertical line

Depicts an object for patching the boat.

Iconic component
gǒng two hands

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Regular Modern

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.685
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica