Pictograph of a hand holding a writing utensil.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ywit | [N.]rut | following, thereupon |
| ywit | [m-]rut | writing stylus or brush (pron. in Chǔ 楚 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn) |
說文解字
《說文》：“聿，所以書也。楚謂之聿，吳謂之不律，燕謂之弗。从，一聲。”
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)