Glyph Origins

Radical ⼫ (44)

尾 (U+5C3E)

Shang
(Bin)
Chunqiu
(Deng)
Zhanguo
(Jin)
QinW.HanE.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)
Tang
合136正新收1231
[𡱵]
錢典91睡.日甲56馬.二36下石門頌元昭墓誌五經文字

{尾} *[m]әjʔ “tail”

Depiction of a person ( > 尸) with a tail-like accessory (symbol of a low class).

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (679-680)

尿 (U+5C3F)

Chunqiu
(Chu)
Zhanguo
(Chu)
Zhanguo
(Chu)
Nanbei
(E.Wei)
N.Song
集261.2
[弱]
清四.筮法48郭.語一36南0471B廣韻

{尿/溺} *kə.nˤewks “to urinate”

Shortened form of *NEWK with > 尸.

  • 謝明文 2017 - 談談甲骨文中可能用作“庭”的一個字
  • 鄔可晶 2022 - “弱”、“約”有關字詞的考察

屈 (U+5C48)

Chunqiu
(Chu)
QinQinW.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)
銘圖16696陶6.162.3睡.爲34北.老137南0181X

{屈} *Nə.[kʰ]ut “short (tail)” ♪→ {屈} *[kʰ]ut “to bend”

TAIL + ♪ *KUT.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (680-681)

履 (U+5C65)

Shang
(Bin)
Shang
(Li)
Middle
W.Zhou
Middle
W.Zhou
Late
W.Zhou
ChunqiuQinW.HanE.HanNanbei
(N.Qi)
Tang
合18982
[⿱企一]
合33283集2832歷文2002.1集10134銘續1108睡.答162馬.遣一261石門頌石信墓誌五經文字

{履} *[r]ijʔ “to put on shoes”

Initially the word {履} was written as ⿱企一 (depiction of a person with a covered foot). Later ♪ *R(M)ƏJ was added.

  • 裘錫圭 1991 - 西周銅器銘文中的“履”
  • 袁倫強 2022 - 甲骨文“履”字補釋