| Shang (Shi-Bin) | Shang (Bin) | Shang (Bin) | Early W.Zhou | Late W.Zhou | Qin | W.Han | Han | E.Han | Nanbei (N.Wei) | Tang | Ming |
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| 合3068 | 英1610正 | 合16089 | 集3712 | 集2841B | 睡.問140 | 北.老94 | 武醫85乙 | 史晨碑 | 長孫子澤墓誌 | 五經文字 | 字彙 |
{玉} *ŋ(r)ok “jade”
Depiction of a bundle of jades. Later a differentiative dot was added to differentiate it from 王.
Forms:
𠀛 - Copy of a transmitted ancient form.
| Shang (Li) | Early W.Zhou | Middle W.Zhou | Late W.Zhou | Qin | Qin | W.Han | E.Han | Nanbei (N.Wei) |
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| 合33160 | 文物1998.9 | 文物2003.9 | 集4160 | 睡.問203 | 睡.日乙184 | 北.老209 | 五.行347 | 南0097X |
{王} *[w]aŋ “king” & {士} *[dz]rəʔ “knight”
士 + differentiative dot. Initially it was used for both words {王} and {士}. Later it began to be used only for {王}.
| Zhanguo (Chu) | Zhanguo (Chu) | Zhanguo (Chu) | Zhanguo (Chu) | Zhanguo (Chu) | Qin | W.Han | W.Han | E.Han | Nanbei (N.Wei) | Tang |
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| 清一.尹誥2 [麗] | 望2.50 [麗] | 郭.六德30 [麗] | 包260 | 上二.容成2 | 封泥印8 | 謝家橋 | 水35 | 漢0026A | 南0256X | 開石.毛詩6 |
{瑟} *[sV.m]ri[t] “se (musical instrument)”
Initially the word {瑟} was written as a shortened form of 麗 *RE. Later ♪必 *MIT was added.