Chinese Character Wiki
𤕦

níng

disorder, unravel

Possibly depicts a person carrying a vessel filled with blood for offering to ancestors. 土 and 攴 were later added for unknown reasons. Original meaning unclear.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Possibly depicts a person carrying a vessel filled with blood.

土 unknown component

土  Unknown component

tǔ

  

earth

The purpose of this component is unclear.

攴 unknown component

攴  Unknown component

pū

  

tap

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Evolution

𤕦 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
𤕦 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
𤕦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
𤕦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𤕦  

níng

disorder; unravel

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

襄

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss


Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+24566

Shuowen

“，亂也。从爻工交吅。一曰室，讀若禳。，籀文。”
Sources

何景成《甲骨文字詁林補編》p.15-16



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