jù
to look from side to side
Depicts a pair of eyes looking from side to side.
Evolution

Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[k]ʷ(r)a-s | kjuH | qú | look right and left |
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+4020 |
Shuowen | “,左右視也。从二目。讀若拘,又若良士瞿瞿。” |
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