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harvest-year (archaic)

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
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Variant form of 年. Pictograph of a person (人) harvesting grain (禾). The harvest season is a yearly event.
Components
禾 standing grain+ 人 person =
秊 harvest-year (archaic)
禾
禾 Iconic component
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
人
人 Iconic component
rén person
man
Notes
Similar Characters
年 year黍 glutinous millet兼 double利 profit委 committee朵 flouds秀 elegant秉 wield秋 autumn稟 report to (trad)穆 reverent囷 round-shaped storage bin季 seasons犂 plow (iii)禿 bald (trad)私 private秃 bald (simp)秆 grain (simp)种 race (simp)科 department
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
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Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
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Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
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Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
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Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
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Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Late Warring States (~250 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 Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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