thigh

Pictograph a person with a mark indicating the location of the thigh. Original form of .

Components
人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

◎ iconic component

  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Marker indicating the location of the thigh.

Evolution

夃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
夃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

thigh

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+5903

Shuowen

“夃,秦以市買多得為夃。从,从夂,益至也。从乃。《詩》曰:‘我夃酌彼金罍。’”


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