Original form of 燎 (burn; set on fire). Depicts burning wood (木) with several dots around it, representing flame. The 日 (sun) and 火 (fire) components were added later.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

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