肱

gōng

Rank #4923

Definitions

gōng upper arm; arm

Etymology

Originally written as 厷, which depicts a hand with a circular mark on the arm to indicate the forearm. The ⺼ (meat) component was added later to clarify the meaning.

Semantic: ⺼ Phonetic: 厷

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

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Related Characters

Component: 厷

Component: 月

Components

厷月

肱