Radical ⼋ (12)

?{別} *pret “to separate” ♪→ {八} *pˤret “eight”

Unknown. Probably depiction of a thing split in half or an early arbitrary sign.

• 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (80)
• 裘錫圭 2013 - 文字學概要 [2nd ed.] [2021 form.] (5, 31-32)
• 復旦大學出土文獻與古文字研究中心 (ed.) 2024 - 出土文獻與古文字教程・導言 (14)

Shang	Shang (Wuming)	Middle W.Zhou	Late W.Zhou	Qin	W.Han	Han	Nanbei (N.Wei)
集6911 [⿱𦥑公]	懷1465	近二388	集4384	里耶8-1791	北.老17	敦2401A	尉遲氏造像

{罋/甕/瓮} *[ʔV.l]ˤoŋ “earthen jar” ♪→ {公} *kV.lˤoŋ “public”

Depiction of an earthen jar.

• 朱芳圃 1962 - 殷周文字釋叢
• 方述鑫 1982 - 甲骨文口形偏旁釋例
• 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (86-87)

{六} *kV.ruk “six”

Unknown. Likely an early arbitrary sign.

• 裘錫圭 2013 - 文字學概要 [2nd ed.] [2021 form.] (5, 31-32)
• 復旦大學出土文獻與古文字研究中心 (ed.) 2024 - 出土文獻與古文字教程・導言 (14)