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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Western Zhou 1045-771 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: long-tailed pheasant
Pictograph of a pheasant with a plumed tail.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dek | lˤewk | pheasant |
說文解字
《說文》：“翟，山雉尾長者。从羽，从隹。”
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)