㜽 - Dong Chinese dictionary

zǐ

(ancient form of 子) child

Pictograph of a small child with hair on its head.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts hair.

子 Iconic component

zi, zǐ

child

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zǐ

(ancient form of 子) child, seed, 1st terrestrial branch

Miscellaneous

Strokes	6
Unicode	U+373D
Shuowen	“子，十一月陽气動，萬物滋，人以為偁。象形。，古文子，从巛，象髮也。，籀文子，囟有髮，臂、脛在几上也。”

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