Radical ⼤ (37)

Shang	Shang (Shi)	Middle W.Zhou	Zhanguo (Qin)	Qin	W.Han	E.Han	Nanbei (N.Wei)
集5413.3	合20026	集2807	集證22	睡.效43	北.老63	五.木牘257	南0193X

{夫} *p(r)a “adult man” & {大} *lˤats “big”

Depiction of an adult human figure. Initially was created for the word {夫}, but was also used for {大}. Later after the glyph 夫 was created, 大 began to be used only for {大}.

• 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (763-764)
• 姚孝遂 1989 - 再論古漢字的性質
• 劉釗 2011 - 古文字構形學 [2nd ed.] (27-28)
• 裘錫圭 2013 - 文字學概要 [2nd ed.] [2021 form.] (9)

{天} *C̥.lˤi[n] “head”

Depiction of a person with an accent on his head.

• 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (40-41)
• 林志強 & al. (ed.) 2017 - 《文源》評注 (353)

Forms:

𠀘 𠀡 - Copy of a transmitted ancient form.

𠀑 - Copy of a transmitted ancient form. One of the Wu Zetian characters.

Shang (Shi-Bin)	Middle W.Zhou	Qin	W.Han	E.Han	Nanbei (N.Wei)
合4413	集704	睡.效40	北.老159	五.行320	南0115X

{夫} *p(r)a “adult man” & {大} *lˤats “big”

大 + differentiative line. Initially it was used for both words {大} and {夫}. Later it began to be used only for {夫}.

• 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (782)
• 姚孝遂 1989 - 再論古漢字的性質
• 劉釗 2011 - 古文字構形學 [2nd ed.] (27-28)
• 裘錫圭 2013 - 文字學概要 [2nd ed.] [2021 form.] (9)

Chunqiu (Qin)	Qin	W.Han	W.Han	E.Han	E.Han	Nanbei (N.Wei)	Tang
陝金1073 [𨥜]	睡.日甲59背	馬.病95 [沃]	孔.日書472	石門頌	熹經414 [沃]	南0261X	唐1041X

{腰} *ʔew “waist” ♪→ {夭} *ʔ(r)auʔ “to die young”

Depiction of a person (大) with a pointing line on his waist.

• 謝明文 2013 - 釋金文中的“鋈”字