xìng
apricot
Depicts a fruit from a tree (木) that is delicious to taste (口).
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 杏
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
apricot | ||
almond | ||
maidenhair tree | ||
apricot | ||
Xinglin district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市 (renamed Haicang district 海滄區|海沧区 in 2003) |
Sources
黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.1734