shū HSK5

foot

Pictograph of a foot.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

Sound (2)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsrjosra foot

說文解字

《說文》:“疋,足也。上象腓腸,下从止。《弟子職》曰:‘問疋何止﹖’古文以為《詩.大疋》字,亦以為足字,或曰胥字。一曰疋記也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica