gǔ
poison
Depicts poisonous insects (蟲) 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
![蠱 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 蠱 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E8%A0%B1_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![蠱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 蠱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E8%A0%B1_2.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![蠱 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 蠱 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)Regular script
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