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zāi

flood

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approved by Peter Olson · Dec 25, 2020, 07:12 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 25, 2020, 07:12 AM

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Pictograph of a flood of water.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“，害也。从一雝川。《春秋傳》曰：‘川雝為澤凶。’”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)