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zǐ

to stop

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Depicts a horizontal object stopping a plant from growing.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“，止也。从，盛而一橫止之也。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.552
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)