gōng, hóng
forearm
Depicts a hand (𠂇) with a circular mark on the arm to indicate the forearm. Original form of 肱.
Components
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 4 |
Unicode | U+53B7 |
Shuowen | “厷,臂上也。从又,从古文。厶,古文厷,象形。肱,厷或从肉。” |
Sources
董蓮池《說文解字考正》p.114
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