夕 (U+5915)
| Shang | Shang (Shi) | Shang (Wuming) | Middle W.Zhou | Chunqiu (Qin) | Qin | W.Han | E.Han | Nanbei (N.Wei) | Tang |
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| 集7702 [名] | 合19798 | 合27271 | 集4170.1 | 集262 | 睡.日乙28 | 北.妄Z1 [名] | 五.行91 [名] | 南0129X | 開石.毛詩6 |
{月} *ŋʷat “moon” & {夕} *sə.lak “night”
Depiction of a crescent moon. Initially was used for both words {月} and {夕}. After the glyph 月 was created, 夕 began to be used for {月}. Later it began to be used for {夕}.
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