𤕦
níng

disorder, unravel

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Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a person reaching out his hands and loosening his shirt to assist in pulling a plow.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component

Depicts a person reaching out his hands.

土
土 Iconic component
攴
攴 Iconic component

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“，亂也。从爻工交吅。一曰室，讀若禳。，籀文。”

Sources

Character origin
何景成《甲骨文字詁林補編》p.15-16zi.toolsWenlin Dictionaries
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)