𬝧

𬝧

See also: 蒡

𬝧 U+2C767, 𬝧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2C767 ← 𬝦 [U+2C766] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E 𬝨 → [U+2C768]

Translingual

Han character

𬝧 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11 in traditional Chinese, 艸+10 in simplified Chinese, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese, 13 strokes in simplified Chinese, composition ⿴茻⿱亼方 or ⿳艹⿱亼方廾)

References

• Unihan data for U+2C767

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		𬝧

Glyph origin

Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

The modern form is almost solely intended to transcribe the ancient character shown in the image. Various transcriptions can be found, sometimes with 八 replacing the component 亼 (cf. 今, which contained this component historically). The bottom component, originally 艸 (“grass”) duplicating the top component, may be modernised as 廾, though some may omit it.

Pronunciation

Unclear. It is probable that 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ) was the intended phonetic component. The character has been romanized as "Pang" in the literature, and a comparison with a place attested as 方 in the Classic of Poetry has been made.[1]

Definitions

𬝧

1. (historical) Pang (a place near 鎬 or Hào, one of the central localities of the Western Zhou state)

Usage notes

Exclusively used in faithful transcriptions of historical writing.

References

1. Li, Feng (2006) Landscape and Power in Early China: The Crisis and Fall of the Western Zhou, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 56