approvedby Prismcool · Aug 31, 2023, 01:48 AM· Reviewed by Prismcool on Aug 31, 2023, 01:48 AM
Not sure if this explanation should be kept here, so I added "Possibly" at the beginning since the shape is not known yet
Changed fields: hint
Original meaning: a type of weapon
Possibly a pictograph of four leaves growing together or the large head of a sunflower. Based on the original meaning "sunflower", now written as 葵. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The character later corrupted into unrelated components 癶 and 天.
Character Evolution
Oracle Bone~1250-1000 BCOracle Bone~1250-1000 BCBronzeLate Shang~1100 BCBronzeMid Western Zhou~900 BCBronzeMid Western Zhou~900 BCBronzeLate Western Zhou~800 BCBronzeLate Western Zhou~800 BCBronzeMid Warring States~300 BCSealWarring States (Chu)475-221 BCSealWarring States (Chu)475-221 BCSealWestern Han202 BC-9 ADSealShuowen~100 ADSealShuowen~100 ADSealJin266-420 ADClericalQin221-206 BCClericalXin9-23 ADClericalXin9-23 ADClericalEastern Han25-220 ADClericalJin266-420 ADRegularModern
