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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD 
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD Regular Modern
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Pictograph of a drum standing upright, similar to 壴. Refers to celebratory music played after victory in battle.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | khojX | C.qʰˤəjʔ | happy, pleasant |
| khj+jX | C.qʰəjʔ | how |
說文解字
《說文》：“豈，還師振旅樂也。一曰欲也，登也。从豆，微省聲。”
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)