Glyph Origins

Radical ⼹ (58)

㣇 (U+38C7)

?{肆} *s.l[i][k]s “si sacrifice” ♪→ *{㣇} *lˤiks “long-haired animal”

Unknown. Likely depiction of some kind of animal or a differentiated form of some glyph depicting an animal. The later usage {㣇} was created for Shuowen Jiezi.

  • 林志強 & al. (ed.) 2017 - 《文源》評注 (10-11)
  • 陳劍 2007 - 甲骨金文考釋論集・金文“彖”字考釋