Glyph Origins

Radical ⼵ (54)

延 (U+5EF6)

Shang
(Shi-Bin)
Shang
(Huadong)
Shang
(He)
Shang
(Huang)
Early
W.Zhou
Middle
W.Zhou
QinW.HanHanE.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)
Tang
合3203花382合30771大墓M11FQ3集4214秦風213張.二4居舊88.12華山廟碑南0237A五經文字

{延} *la[n] “to extend”

Depiction of a foot () on a road (/).

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (136-138)

建 (U+5EFA)

ShangShang
(Huang)
Early
W.Zhou
Late
W.Zhou
Late
W.Zhou
QinW.HanHanW.JinTang
集6921合36908集2556A近出28近二328睡.日乙29北.老45懸帛2魏晉0020X五經文字

{建} *[k]a[n]s “to build; to erect”

Depiction of a person erecting a pillar.

  • 裘錫圭 1989 - 釋“建”