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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: to have a tilted head
Depicts a person (匕) with their head (頁) tilted or askew. Based on the original meaning "to have a tilted head", now written as 傾. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | khjwiengX | [k]ʷʰeŋʔ | interval, short while |
說文解字
《說文》：“頃，頭不正也。从匕，从頁。”
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)