馘

guó

guó to cut off the left ear; to tally the enemy's dead

To cut off 或 the enemy's ears 首; 或 also provides the pronunciation

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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Component: 或

Component: 首

或首