zhěng

to lift up

Evolution

抍 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
抍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
抍 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
抍 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

zhěng

to lift up; to rescue, save

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*təŋʔ

tsyingX

zhěng

lift up


Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+628D

Shuowen

“抍,上舉也。从手,升聲。《易》曰:‘抍馬壯吉。’撜,抍或從登。”


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