Depicts a blind person, with a missing lower eyelid, holding a cane. Similar in origin to 老. Original form of 瞽.
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
Modernblind (ancient variant of 瞽)
裘錫圭《裘錫圭學術文集》Vol 1, p.510-511