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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Regular Modern
Edited etymology
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Original meaning: become wet
Depicts an adult (大) with a long beard (而) who is old and weak. 而 also represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | njonʔ |
說文解字
《說文》：“耎，稍前大也。从大，而聲，讀若畏偄。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫許進雄《新編進階甲骨文字典: 甲骨文發現120周年紀念版》p.325
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- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)