níng
disorder, unravel
Possibly depicts a person carrying a vessel filled with blood for offering to ancestors. 土 and 攴 were later added for unknown reasons. Original meaning unclear.
Components
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Sources
何景成《甲骨文字詁林補編》p.15-16
