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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kaw | [k]ˤu | announce |
說文解字
《說文》：“皋，气皋白之進也。从夲，从白。《禮》祝曰皋，登謌曰奏，故皋奏皆从夲。《周禮》曰：‘詔來鼓皋舞。’皋，告之也。”
Sources
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)