Glyph Origins

Radical ⼿ (64)

手 (U+624B)

Early
W.Zhou		Late
W.Zhou		QinW.HanE.HanNanbei
(N.Qi)		Tang
集4237集4294里耶8-76背馬.五40史晨碑竇泰墓誌五九樣10

?{手} *C̥.luʔ “hand” / ?{莠} *[l]uʔ “foxtail millet” ♪→ {手} *C̥.luʔ “hand”

Uncertain. Probably either depiction of a hand for the word {手} or a depiction of foxtail millet for the word {莠}.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (844)

才 (U+624D)

Shang
(Shi)		Shang
(Shi)		Shang
(Bin)		Shang
(Huang)		Middle
W.Zhou		QinW.HanW.JinNanbei
(N.Wei)		Nanbei
(N.Wei)
合19946反
[弋]		合5430合2940合35589集4626近出1255銀二1515石尠墓誌元秀墓誌鄭君妻墓誌

{才} *[dz]ˁə “talent”

Differentiated form of 弋 *LƏK. The phonetic relationship is unknown.

  • 陳劍 2006 - 釋造
  • 季旭昇 2017 - 從出土材料談「才」字——兼談《易經》「三才」
  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (495-496)