Glyph Origins

Radical ⽦ (103)

疑 (U+7591)

Shang
(Bin)
Shang
(Li)
Shang
(Bin)
Early
W.Zhou
Late
W.Zhou
QinQinW.HanHanE.HanNanbei
(N.Qi)
Tang
合13465
[𠤗]
合32908
[𠤗]
合12532正
[⿰彳𠤗]
集4059
[⿰彳𠤗]
集6490
[⿺辶⿰𠤕牛]
秦銘147嶽三J56北.蒼71居40.6五.行84高淯墓誌開石.禮記9

?{㘈} *[ŋ](r)ək “smart child” ♪→ {疑} *[ŋ](r)ə “to doubt”

Initally the word {疑} was written as 𠤗 (depiction of a person with a cane (> 止) looking around); sometimes ROAD and ♪ *ŊᵂƏ were added. The modern glyph comes either from CHILD + ♪𠤗 *ŊƏ for the word {㘈} or from the distortion > 子.

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