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歬
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go forward

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Original form of 前. Depicts feet (止) being washed in a basin (凡). The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
止 stop+ 凡 ordinary =
歬 go forward
止
止 Iconic component
zhǐ stop
stop, halt, desist
Depicts a foot.
凡
凡 Iconic component
fán ordinary
variant of 凡[fán]
Depicts a basin. Modern form is unrelated to 舟.
Notes
Similar Characters
卸 unload往 toward徒 follower從 follow (trad)歧 fork in the road歨 a step歷 experience (trad)歸 come back (trad)走 walk之 of企 look forward to先 ahead出 exit正 correct此 this (literary)步 footstep武 military歰 unsmooth犇 stampede舛 deviate
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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