xié

(a corrupted abbreviated form) to cover the line of vision or sight --the straight line between an object and one's eyes

Evolution

䀘 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
䀘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

xié

(a corrupted abbreviated form) to cover the line of vision or sight --the straight line between an object and one's eyes, to look steadily at, to look at impatiently

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+4018

Shuowen

“,蔽人視也。从目,幵聲,讀若攜手。一曰直視也。,,目或在下。”


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