Original form of 役. Depicts a person (亻) being controlled by a weapon (殳). Based on the original meaning "to command".

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

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