臬
niè

law

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A notice 自 posted on a tree 木

Components

自
自 Meaning component
木
木 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“臬，射準的也。从木，从自。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)