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Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
Fixed Shuowen and added etymology, all based on the Multi-function Chinese Character Database
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Original meaning: (of an eagle or hawk) to keep watch or glance around
Depicts an eagle or hawk (隹) using its eyes (䀠) to keep watch or glance around. 䀠 also serves as the phonetic component. The meaning later extended to "vigilance" and "fear", although the meaning of "fear" is now typically written as 懼.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | gju | [g]ʷ(r)a | a kind of lance |
說文解字
《說文》：“瞿，鷹隼之視也。从隹从䀠，䀠亦聲。凡瞿之屬皆从瞿。讀若章句之句。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)