卒

Derived characters

 * 倅 啐 埣 崪 悴 捽 淬 猝 𨔊 晬 椊 㱖 焠 琗 祽 脺 睟 𣖢 碎 稡 䘹 粹 綷 蜶 䚝 誶(谇) 賥 踤 醉 𠁸 𠾹 𡳝 錊 𡦧 𠧆 𩫛 䱣 𡄰 𠫏
 * 𡮇 㰵 㲞 𣖛 顇 𣦮
 * 𡨧 崒 萃 窣 箤 翠 䯿 瘁 𡇻

Descendants

 * 卆

Glyph origin
There were 5 forms of 卒 in Shang oracle bone script : The brush shape in form (5) was often placed upside down. Later the inverted brush shape was mistaken as 又 and then moved to the top as in Chu slip and silk script  to avoid obscuration with  (衣 + 又).
 * 1) 卒-oracle-2.svg: same as  (> Western Zhou bronze script 卒-bronze.svg);
 * 2) 卒-oracle-3.svg: a crisscross  - a completed clothing;
 * 3) 卒-oracle.svg (卒): :  with a mark - a completed clothing to be folded (> Warring States bronze script 卒-bronze-warring.svg; Chu slip and silk script 卒-silk.svg);
 * 4) 𧙻-oracle.svg : :  +  (hand  holding a brush);
 * 5) 𧙻-oracle-3.svg,𧙻-oracle-2.svg: 𧙻 having 又 omitted.

Etymology 1
From + nominal suffix *-t.

Definitions

 * 1) soldier
 * 2) servant
 * 3)  pawn; private; soldier (on the black side)

Definitions

 * 1) to finish
 * 2) to pass away; to die
 * 3) at last; finally
 * 1) at last; finally

Noun

 * 1) low-ranking soldier

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
From.