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pài

river branching

Depicts a river dividing into two branches. Upside-down version of .

Evolution

𠂢 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
𠂢 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
𠂢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
𠂢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𠂢  

pài

to branch

Component uses

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+200A2

Shuowen

“永,長也,象水巠理之長。《詩》曰:‘江之永矣’。”


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