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𡕒
kuà

step astride

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Original form of 跨. Depicts a right foot pointing downwards.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》:“,跨步也。从反夂。从此。”

Sources

Character origin
zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
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