Glyph Origins

Radical ⽛ (92)

牙 (U+7259)

Middle
W.Zhou
Late
W.Zhou
QinW.HanW.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)
TangMing
集9723.1集4213璽彙5528
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馬.春87馬.戰56元悌墓誌九經字樣字彙

{牙} *ŋrˤa “tooth”

Probably depiction of interlocking teeth.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (139)