gǔ
poison
Simplified form of 蠱. Depicts a poisonous insect (虫) placed in a container (皿). Alludes to the practice of cultivating poisonous insects inside a container by letting all of the insects devour each other until one poisonous insects remains to use as poison.
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Evolution
![蛊 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 蛊 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E8%A0%B1_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![蛊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 蛊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E8%A0%B1_2.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![蛊 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 蛊 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E8%A0%B1_6.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
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