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Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Regular Modern
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Pictograph of a legendary mountain demon with horns and a tail beween its legs, now written as 魑.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | trhje | r̥aj | mountain demon |
說文解字
《說文》：“离，山神獸也。从禽頭，从厹，从屮。歐陽喬說：‘离，猛獸也。’”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.954林志強《《文源》評注》p.7漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.1268-1269陳靖《兩周古文字編注》p.2182
- Readings & variants
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- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)