Read Edit View history Discussion 𠀭 Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Character Evolution Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Seal Qin 221-206 BC Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Clerical Qin 221-206 BC Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less 說文解字 《說文》:“平,語平舒也。从亏,从八。八,分也。” Sources Historical images Academia Sinica Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)