脩
xiū

dried meat (used as teachers payment in ancient times)

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Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 攸 represents the sound.

Components

攸
攸 Sound component
⺼
⺼ Meaning component

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjuws-liw dried meat

說文解字

《說文》：“脩，脯也。从肉，攸聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)