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gěn, gèn

Rank #4564

gěn blunt; tough; chewy

gèn one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing mountain; ☶; ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)

Depicts a person looking backwards. Based on the original meaning "look backwards". The modern meaning is a phonetic loan.

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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Component: 艮

艮