(interchangeable 稽) to kowtow

Evolution

䭫 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
䭫 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
䭫 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
䭫 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
䭫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

(interchangeable ) to kowtow; to bow to the ground

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʰˤijʔ

khejX

bow the head to the ground


Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+4B6B

Shuowen

“,下首也。从,旨聲。”


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