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Glyph origin
Unknown.

finds evidence for the 十 component originally being a depiction of a piece of food and the character originally being a depiction of someone spitting out a piece of food. Thus, Fang argues this character is the original form of.



Etymology
From. Cognate with and 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) the past; ancient times
 * 2) old; ancient
 * 3) classic; old-styled
 * 4) simple; unaffected; unsophisticated
 * 5) things in the past; antiquities; history
 * 6)  story
 * 1)  story

Descendants
Others:

Compounds

 * : tea from last year
 * : tea from last year
 * : tea from last year
 * : tea from last year
 * : tea from last year
 * : tea from last year
 * : tea from last year
 * : tea from last year
 * : tea from last year
 * : tea from last year

Etymology 2
Stem of adjective.

Noun

 * 1) used item, secondhand item, hand-me-down

Prefix

 * 1) paleo-, old, used, previous