㐬

Alternative forms

 * This character appears differently when it is used as a character component placed on the right (see derived characters below):
 * In mainland China (based on  character form), Japanese kanji, Korean hanja and Vietnamese Nôm, the upper component is written  (4 strokes) while the bottom right stroke is written  with an ending hook which is the historical form found in the.
 * In Taiwan and Hong Kong (based on character form), the upper component  is written  (3 strokes) while the bottom right stroke is written  without the ending hook.

Derived characters

 * (Contains ⿱亠厶 at top right for all regions including Taiwan and Hong Kong if the character is used)
 * (Exception: Only for Taiwan and Japan character form which contains ⿱亠厶 at top right. Mainland China character form contains instead ( at top right))
 * (Exception: Contains ⿱亠厶 at top right for mainland China and Hong Kong character form. Contains ⿻一厶 at top right for Taiwan character form)
 * (Exception: Contains ⿱亠厶 at top right for all regions except Taiwan and Hong Kong which uses ⿻一厶 at top right for these characters)

Glyph origin

 * a newborn baby, shown upside down. The upper portion is an inverted 子. The three lower lines represent amniotic fluid or hair, the latter interpretation thought almost certainly incorrect by Henshall. The interpretation as fluid is supported by the comparison of and, originally variants of one another.  (Note that the oracle bone form of 子 also depicted hair.)

Readings
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