縣

Derived characters

 * 纛 懸 𠐴 𣟠 𥌭 𡈴 𡾥 𦇨 𧔤 𪈉

Descendants

 * 县
 * also simplified within the compound character 悬 from 懸
 * 県

Glyph origin


Original form of. Originally in bronze and bamboo slip scripts, - to hang with the string 糸 by the head 目 (using an eye to represent a head) on a tree 木. In Qin bamboo slip scripts, some of were corrupted to  (with one straight horizontal line rather than ) which interpreted to a reversed  head by , and 糸 was corrupted to.

Definitions

 * 1)  district; prefecture
 * 2)  county
 * 3)  county
 * 4)  prefecture
 * 5)  county
 * 6)  county seat
 * 1)  county seat
 * 1)  county seat

Descendants
Others:

Hanja