Pictograph of a person facing upwards with their mouth open over a fire. Based on the original meaning "burn". The meaning later shifted to "bake", "dry out", and "clay".
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Historical Evolution
堇
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
堇
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
堇
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
堇
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
堇
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
堇
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
堇
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
堇
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
堇
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
堇
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
堇
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
堇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
堇 [jǐn]
clay; old variant of 僅|仅[jǐn]; violet (plant)
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