爯
chēngchènchèng

pick up

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approved by Prismcool · Jun 9, 2024, 04:51 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Jun 9, 2024, 04:51 AM

Replaced 爪 with 爫

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Depicts a hand (爫) grabbing a fish (魚).

Components

爫
爫 Iconic component
zhǎo hand, claw

爫 is a component form of 爪.

魚
魚 Iconic component
yú fish
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 魚 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰjɯŋ

說文解字

《說文》：“爯，并舉也。从爪，冓省。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)