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Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
Replace 永 with 𠂢 to match the traditional component. 𠂢 is the horizontally flipped version of 永. They both represent a river tributary.
Changed fields: hint, components
Vessels carry blood through one's body ⺼ like a branching river 𠂢
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | meak | C.mˤ<r>[i]k | vein |
說文解字
《說文》：“，血理分衺行體者，从从血。脈，或从肉。衇，籀文。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 李学勤《字源》p.1019
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)