Glyph Origins

Radical ⽂ (67)

文 (U+6587)

?{文} *mə[r] “to tattoo” (♪)→ {文} *mə[r] “writing”

Unknown. Probably depiction of a person with a tattoo on his body.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (705-706)