Glyph Origins

Radical ⽮ (111)

矩 (U+77E9)

W.HanW.HanE.HanE.HanSanguo
(Wei)
Nanbei
(E.Wei)
馬.十14下
[柜]
馬.要13下
[𭩢]
北海相景君銘
[榘]
淮源廟碑魏孔子廟碑南0466X

{矩} *kʷ(r)aʔ “carpenter’s square”

Shortened form of 榘. Initially the morpheme {矩} from the word {規矩} *kʷe kʷ(r)aʔ “rule” was usually written as 柜 or 𭩢 (木 TREE + ♪巨 *KA), but later it got assimilated with 規 via adding its element 夫 (見 could also be added).

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