㞢

㞢 U+37A2, 㞢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-37A2
← 㞡
[U+37A1]
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㞣 →
[U+37A3]

Translingual

Han character

㞢 (Kangxi radical 45, 屮+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 山一 (UM), composition ⿱屮一)

Descendants

References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 㞢


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) — a cattle head with horns. In the oracle bone script, 㞢 and 之 are different characters. In early oracle bone script, 㞢 was borrowed to represent 有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “to have”). In late oracle bone script, 㞢 was replaced by 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “right hand”). Post-Qin dictionaries often treat 㞢 as an ancient form of 之 (OC *tjɯ).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 㞢 – see 有 (“to have; to possess; there is; to exist; etc.”).
(This character, 㞢, is an ancient form of 有.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 㞢 – see 之.
(This character, 㞢, is an ancient form of 之.)
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