元 (U+5143)
{元} *[ŋ]o[r] “head”
兀 (depiction of a person in profile with an accent on his head) + a differentiative line.
- 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (39-40)
- 裘錫圭 2013 - 文字學概要 [2nd ed.] [2021 form.] (166)
- 林志強 & al. (ed.) 2017 - 《文源》評注 (39-40)
{元} *[ŋ]o[r] “head”
兀 (depiction of a person in profile with an accent on his head) + a differentiative line.
| Shang (Bin) | Shang (Wuming) | Chunqiu (Jin) | Zhanguo (Chu) | Zhanguo (Chu) | Zhanguo (Chu) | Zhanguo (Qi) | W.Han | E.Han | Nanbei (E.Wei) | Nanbei (E.Wei) | Tang |
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| 合10407正 | 合28401 | 侯馬67:39 | 包48 | 包18 | 仰32 | 璽彙153 | 北.老35 | 孔宙碑 | 劉懿墓誌 | 元悰墓誌 | 五經文字 |
{兕} *sV.liʔ “Bubalus mephistopheles (short-horned water buffalo)”
Depiction of a water buffalo.