囟

xìn

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Definitions

xìn fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)

Etymology

Depicts the gap between the bones in an infant skull.

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

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Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Component: 丿

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㐅丿囗

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