胃
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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胃 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田月 (WB), four-corner 60227, composition ⿱田⺼)
Historical forms of the character 胃 | ||
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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According to Shuowen Jiezi, the 𡇒 character (note that this Unicode character has undergone libian simplification) atop 𦞅 is a pictogram (象形) of a stomach. While the bronze script form merely consisted of two concentric circles, an inner portion of the character was later added, namely a mutated form of the seal script character of 米 ("rice"), representing grains within the stomach. A 肉 component (modern radical form ⺼, not to be confused with the unrelated 月) was added to specialise the character. Upon transition to the clerical script form, the upper component was simplified to 田.
The ancient form of the character can be seen within the lower component of 𦳊.
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