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Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a reptile. Possibly related to 禹.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | ŋo |
| ŋos |
說文解字
《說文》：“禺，母猴屬，頭似鬼。从甶，从禸。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)