(ancient form of 奴) a slave

Evolution

㚢 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
㚢 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
㚢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㚢 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Definitions

 

(ancient form of ) a slave; a servant, term of depreciation, (ancient form of ) to insult; to ridicule

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+36A2

Shuowen

“奴,奴、婢,皆古之辠人也。《周禮》曰:‘其奴,男子入于辠隸,女子入于舂藁。’从女,从又。,古文奴,从人。”


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