dé, ài
to get
Original form of 得. Depicts a hand (寸) grabbing a shell (貝), used as currency in ancient China, to convey the meaning "get".
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Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions