jié
remaining
Depicts a child with a left arm but no right arm. Compare to 孓 (child with no left arm) and 了 (child with no arms).
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 孑
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
solitary | ||
to be all alone in the world | ||
all alone | ||
to be alone | ||
mosquito larva |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4691st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 3 |
Unicode | U+5B51 |
Shuowen | “孑，無右臂也。从了，。象形。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.972
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