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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: to shoot and kill wild birds
Depicts a bow (弓) aiming at a bird (隹). Based on the original meaning "to shoot and kill wild birds". The meaning later shifted to "superior" and "outstanding".
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| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | zonʔ |
說文解字
《說文》：“雋，肥肉也。从弓所以射隹。長沙有下雋縣。”
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- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)