Originally written as 厷, which depicts a hand with a circular mark on the arm to indicate the forearm. The ⺼ (meat) component was added later to clarify the meaning.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

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