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Glyph origin
and. Originally borrowed for sound, later  was added as a distinguishing mark.

Etymology 1
From.

Definitions

 * 1)  to give
 * 2) to praise; to esteem

Etymology 2
is often considered to be the original character ; Taiwan's Ministry of Education considers the cognate to be the original character. In either case, this would be the same word as etymology 1.

Alternatively, argues that this is a  substrate, suggesting a borrowing from 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. Note that the 🇨🇬 word has been connected to 🇨🇬. On the other hand, considers both the 🇨🇬 word and the 🇨🇬 word to be derived from.

Assuming to be the etymon, there are also various theories on the development of the h- initial:
 * Fricativization of the initial in 🇨🇬, possibly originating in the Chu dialect ;
 * (Quanzhou) → (other varieties) (Taiwan's Ministry of Education).
 * (Quanzhou) → (other varieties) (Taiwan's Ministry of Education).

considers to be a problematic etymon but agrees with the third theory on the development of h- above. He suggests that a possible trigger for the change from to  is that  is often used with , allowing  to be reanalysed as. This etymology was also independently proposed by.

Definitions

 * 1)  to give
 * 2)  to deliver; to give
 * 3)  to allow
 * 4)  to cause; to make
 * 5)  by (used in constructing the passive)
 * 6)  to pay
 * 1)  by (used in constructing the passive)
 * 2)  to pay
 * 1)  to pay

Etymology 3
Traditionally considered a variant of, however ' and ' rhymes suggests that the expected tone reflex was rising tone, similar to Pronunciation 1 , which corresponds to a glottal stop coda in Old Chinese. It could thus be reanalyzed an emphatic form of the *l- series of first-person pronouns, similar to compared to  in the *ŋ- series.

Cognate with, ,. Further etymology is obscure. reconstructs Old Chinese *rag, and compares it to 🇨🇬 > 🇨🇬. However, Schuessler considers this etymon belonging to.

Kanji

 * 1) beforehand, in advance

Kanji

 * 1) I; me
 * 2) to give

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) ; I, me
 * 2) * 1802-1814: Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige (volume 1)