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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Pictograph of a large reptile.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | da | [d]ˤar | alligator |
| dan | [d]ˤar | alligator |
說文解字
《說文》：“鼉，水蟲，似蜥易，長大。从黽，單聲。”
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)