Glyph Origins

Radical ⼈ (9)

人 (U+4EBA)

Shang
(Bin)
Shang
(Huang)
Early
W.Zhou
Zhanguo
(Qin)
Zhanguo
(Qin)
QinE.HanW.Jin
合1031合36483集6001集11394駰乙.正北.泰原熹經282魏晉0019X

{人} *niŋ “person”

Depiction of a standing human figure in profile.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (630)

介 (U+4ECB)

Shang
(Bin)
Shang
(Bin)
Shang
(Bin)
Chunqiu
(Qin)
Zhanguo
(Qin)
QinW.HanE.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)
Tang
合816正合19028合12642石鼓.田車駰甲.正
[芥]
睡.答207孔.日書41潘乾碑南0033X唐1354X

?{疥} *C.kˤr[e][p]s “scabies” ♪→ {介} *kˤr[e]ps “aid”

Unknown. Depiction of a person () with small dots around him (probably represents scabies).

  • 黃德寬 (ed.) 2007 - 古文字譜系疏證 (2386)

休 (U+4F11)

Shang
(Huadong)
Shang
(Bin)
Early
W.Zhou
Zhanguo
(Qin)
QinE.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)
花53合8154集2726駰乙.正里耶8-2030正曹全碑元湛墓誌

{庥} *[C̥.n]u “tree shade” / (♪→) {休} *[C̥.n]u “to rest”

Depiction of a person () in a tree shade (𥝌 > 木).

  • 裘錫圭 2013 - 文字學概要 [2nd ed.] [2021 form.] (193-195)
  • 王子楊 2016 - 釋花東甲骨卜辭中的“𥝌”

保 (U+4FDD)

ShangShangShang
(Shi)
Shang
(Bin)
Shang
(Bin)
Early
W.Zhou
Middle
W.Zhou
Late
W.Zhou
QinE.HanSui
集9214集1001合20305合8670合10133正集5415.1集181.2集9641北.算甲衡方碑郭世昌墓誌

{保} *pˤuʔ “to protect”

Depiction of a person () holding a child () behing his back.

  • 唐蘭 1935 - 殷虛文字記・釋保
  • 謝明文 2015 - 釋甲骨文中的“抱”——兼論“包”字