Glyph Origins

Radical ⽠ (97)

瓜 (U+74DC)

Shang
(Shi)
Shang
(Chu)
Shang
(Li)
ShangMiddle
W.Zhou
QinW.HanHanHanSanguo
(Wei)
TangMing
合21306乙合23227
[𪾏]
合33292集9793
[孤]
集4288.1睡.爲2
[孤]
北.蒼25施玉575
[狐]
虛3741
[狐]
魏上尊號碑五經文字字彙

{瓜} *kʷˤra “gourd” & {卣} *lu(ʔ) “you vessel” & {匏} *[b]ˤru “gourd”

Depiction of a gourd. Initially it was used for words {瓜}, {卣} and {匏}. Later it began to be used only for {瓜}.

  • 陳劍 2020 - 釋“瓜”

㼌 (U+3F0C)

Shang
(Bin)
Zhanguo
(Chu)
W.HanHanTangQin
合2832正乙上八.命9北.蒼25
[蓏]
敦213
[窳]
開石.周易8
[蓏]
內本康熙

{卣} *lu(ʔ) “you vessel” ♪→ {㼌} *loʔ “weak”

Two *LU.

  • 陳劍 2020 - 釋“瓜”