禼
xiè

a type of animal

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approved by maxkly19 · Jul 31, 2025, 05:11 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Jul 31, 2025, 06:35 PM

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Original meaning: A kind of worm.

Depicts an insect. Possibly a variant of 萬.

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characterless component

Depicts an animal's head.

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characterless component

Depicts an animal's body.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsed

說文解字

《說文》：“禼，蟲也。从厹，象形，讀與偰同。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.956陳靖《兩周古文字編注》p.2311
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)