𡿮 - Dong Chinese dictionary

birth

Depicts an upside-down child (𠫓) being born with amniotic fluid (巛) coming out.

Components

𠫓 Iconic component

tū, yù

newborn

巛 Iconic component

chuān

river

Depicts amniotic fluid.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chuān

river; KangXi radical 47

shùn

chuān

archaic variant of 川[chuān]

tū

dash forward; (ancient variant of 突)

yù

give birth; (ancient variant of 育)

Miscellaneous

Strokes	7
Unicode	U+21FEE
Shuowen	“，不順忽出也。从到子。《易》曰：‘突如其來如。’不孝子突出，不容於內也。，或从到古文子，即《易》突字。”

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