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fontanel
Depicts the gap between the bones in an infant skull.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 囟
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
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fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) | ||
fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) |
Component uses
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.785