zān
hairpin
Pictograph of a woman kneeling with a hairpin in her hair. Original form of 簪. Not related to 旡 (choke on something eaten).
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 4 |
Unicode | U+5142 |
Shuowen | “兂，首筓也。从人、匕，象簪形。簪，俗兂。从竹，从朁。” |
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