(same as 冬) winter

Evolution

㫡 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
㫡 Bronze script Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
㫡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

(same as ) winter, (in lunar calendar) the period from the 10th to the 12th moon

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+3AE1

Shuowen

“冬,四時盡也。从仌,从夂。夂,古文終字。,古文冬从日。”


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