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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
人 八 ⿱人
Mandarin
jie4
English
Definitions
to lie between; introduce; between; forerunner; harbinger; herald; sea shell; to wear armor
Etymology
Notes
A man 人 with the boundaries that separate 八 him from others; this character was originally 水 with the rivulet 𡿨 replaced by 人; could possibly have meant armor