trample on grass with one's feet

Depicts trampling on grass using one's feet () while weeding grass using a tool (). also represents the sound. Original form of .

Components
癶 sound,iconic component

  Sound Iconic component

  

legs

Depicts two feet.

殳 iconic component

  Iconic component

shū

  

weapon or tool

Depicts a hand holding a tool for weeding.

Evolution

癹 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
癹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
癹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

trample on grass with one's feet

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+7679

Shuowen

“癹,以足蹋夷艸。从癶、从殳。《春秋傳》曰:‘癹夷蘊崇之。’”
Sources

何琳儀《戰國古文字典:戰國文字聲系》p.952



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