癶
bō

legs

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 30, 2026, 02:41 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 30, 2026, 02:41 AM

I don't think the note's needed here, compare the page for 步

Changed fields: components

癶 is a component form of 𣥠. Depicts two feet (𣥂, 止).

Components

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

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpaːd

說文解字

《說文》:“癶,足剌癶也。从止、。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica