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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 18, 2021, 07:01 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 18, 2021, 07:01 PM

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Original meaning: hunting net

Depicts a of hunting net (𠦒) used in a field () to catch birds or rabbits. Based on the original meaning "hunting net". The meaning later shifted to "finish".

Components

Iconic component
𠦒
𠦒 Iconic component

Depicts a net with a handle for catching birds or rabbits.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjitpi[t] wooden fork
pjitpi[t] bird-net
pjitpi[t] finish (v.)

說文解字

《說文》:“畢,田罔也。从,象畢形微也。或曰甶聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.313漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica