gǔ
blind person
Depicts a blind person, with a missing lower eyelid, holding a cane. Similar in origin to 老. Original form of 瞽.
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMiscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+20479 |
Shuowen | “，廱蔽也。从人，象左右皆蔽形。楊樹達《積微居小學述林》：“者，瞽之初字也，字从儿，象左右二目有所蔽而不見形。” |
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