甹
pīng

chivalrous knight

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Origin unclear.

Components

由
由 Unknown component
yóu cause

The purpose of this component is unclear.

丂
丂 Unknown component
kǎo, qiǎo, yú axe handle

The purpose of this component is unclear.

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

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpheng[p.l̥]ˤeŋ frank words (Shuōwén)

說文解字

《說文》:“甹,亟詞也。从丂,从由。或曰:甹,俠也。(三輔)謂輕財者為甹。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.419
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica