sǒu

old man

Evolution

叜 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
叜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
叜 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Definitions

 

sǒu

old man

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-ruʔ

suwX

sǒu

old man


Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+53DC

Shuowen

“叜,老也。从又,从灾。闕。,籀文仌寸。,或从人。”


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