a lookout turret on a city wall

Evolution

樐 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
樐 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
樐 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
樐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
樐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

a lookout turret on a city wall, movable wooden tower for archers; a scull a sweep, an oar

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