zhōng
tip, extremity
Depicts a rope with knots at both ends. Original form of 終/冬.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernComponent uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+20082 |
Shuowen | “冬,四時盡也。从仌,从夂。夂,古文終字。,古文冬从日。” |
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