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zuǒ

left hand

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approved by Prismcool · Oct 24, 2023, 09:00 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Oct 24, 2023, 09:00 PM

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Original form of 左 (left). Depicts a left hand.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“，手也。象形”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)