Glyph Origins

Radical ⼙ (26)

卬 (U+536C)

ShangShang
(Shi)		Late
W.Zhou		Zhanguo
(Chu)		QinW.HanE.HanTang
集2694合20468集2841B清六.子產15里耶8-735背張.引17趙寬碑開石.毛詩14

{仰} *CV.ŋaŋʔ “to raise the head” ♪→ {卬} *ŋˤaŋ “I, me”

Depiction of a kneeling person (卩) whose head is being lifted up by a hand.

  • 紀師 2021 - 釋三晋古璽中的“卬”字
  • 鞠煥文 2022 - 釋甲骨金文中的“卬”字

卯 (U+536F)

Shang
(Shi)		Middle
W.Zhou		QinW.HanE.HanE.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)
合19798集5996睡.日乙31銀二1725五.木牘315史晨碑南0316X

?{瘤} *ru “swelling” ♪→ {卯} *mˤruʔ “mao (4th earthly branch)”

Unknown. Probably doubled depiction of swelling.

  • 黃德寬 (ed.) 2007 - 古文字譜系疏證 (741-743)
  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (977-978)

印 (U+5370)

ShangChunqiu
(Zeng)		QinQinQinE.HanTang
銘圖8928集4631集證175.630睡.答56嶽三227張景碑開石.春左37

{抑} *ʔik “to press down” ♪→ {印} *[ʔ]iŋs “seal”

Depiction of a kneeling person (卩) being pressed with a hand from above (爪).

  • 禤健聰 2014 - 釋“⿳爪卩土”並論“印”“卬”“色”諸字
  • 金俊秀 2018 - 聲母構擬三則

危 (U+5371)

QinW.HanW.JinTangS.Song
睡.日乙47馬.經35上徐義墓誌五經文字增韻

{跪} *[g](r)ojʔ “to kneel” ♪→ {危} *[ŋ](r)[o]j “dangerous”

卩 KNEEL + ♪厃¹ *KOJ.

  • 大西克也 2003 - 試論上博楚簡《緇衣》中的“厃”字及相關諸字

却 (U+5374)

Alternative form of 卻 with 𧮫 > 去. Standard form in Japan and PRC.

卵 (U+5375)

Shang
(Bin)		Shang
(Bin)		Chunqiu
(Xu)		Zhanguo
(Chu)		Zhanguo
(Jin)		QinW.HanE.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)		Ming
合18270合525
[剢]		新收1249清十.病方2錢典333
[𨳡]		睡.日乙185馬.遣一84郙閣頌元玕墓誌字彙

{卵} *kV.rˤorʔ “testicles”

Depiction of male genitals.

  • 侯乃峰 2023 - 釋清華簡《病方》篇的“卵”字兼談相關問題
  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (901-902)

卻 (U+537B)

Middle
W.Zhou		QinW.HanW.HanW.HanE.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)		TangMing
集2831
[𧮫]		睡.封66北.老25馬.稱15下馬.春82史晨奏銘元暐墓誌五經文字字彙

?{卻} *[k]ʰak “to retreat”

卩 KNEEL + ♪𧮫 *KAK (depiction of intertwined threads + differentiative 口 for {綌} *[k]ʰrak “coarse hemp cloth”).

  • 林澐 1990 - 新版《金文編》正文部分釋字商榷
  • 程燕 2018 - “𧮫”字探源——兼釋“𧮫”之相關字

Forms:

却 - Alternative form with 𧮫 > 去. Standard form in Japan and PRC.