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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC 
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: ritual sacrifice to ward of calamities
Phonosemantic compound. 示 represents the meaning and 御 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ngjoX | m-qʰ(r)aʔ | ward off, withstand; sacrifice |
說文解字
《說文》：“禦，祀也。从示，御聲。”
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)