Glyph Origins

Radical ⼘ (25)

卜 (U+535C)

Shang
(Shi)
Shang
(Shi)
Early
W.Zhou
QinQinW.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)
合補1594合19946反集3577.1睡.日乙126北.祓除北.荊Z1鄯乾墓誌

{卜} *pˤok “to divine”

Depiction of a crack on an oracle bone.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (248)

卣 (U+5363)

Shang
(Bin)
Shang
(Wuming)
Early
W.Zhou
Early
W.Zhou
Late
W.Zhou
Chunqiu
(Qin)
Zhanguo
(Chu)
Nanbei
(Liang)
Tang
合17839反
[瓜]
合30815
[𪾏]
集2837集2754
[逌]
集238.1石鼓.作原
[逌]
上三.周易42玉篇
[逌]
開石.爾雅3

{卣} *lu(ʔ) “you vessel” & {瓜} *kʷˤra “gourd”

+ differentiative dot. Initially it was used for both words {卣} and {瓜}. Later it began to be used only for {卣}.

  • 陳劍 2020 - 釋“瓜”