yǎng

(ancient form of 養) to offer provision (esp. to one's elders)

Evolution

䍩 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
䍩 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

yǎng

(ancient form of ) to offer provision (esp. to one's elders); to feed one's children

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+4369

Shuowen

“養,供養也。从食,羊聲。,古文養。”


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