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According to the Shuowen Jiezi (説文解字 shuōwén jiězì), this character is an ancient form of 蹂 (to trample, 유). The component ム represents the shape of an animal's foot making an impression on the ground, while 九 serves as the phonetic component in this phono-semantic compound.
Other interpretations describe it as a pictograph representing the body and legs of an animal with a drooping tail.

#106 — white, clean, clear, to explain, to report

#107 — skin, hide

#108 — dish, bowl

#109 — eye

#110 — spear, lance

#111 — arrow

#112 — stone, rock

#113 — to show, to display, to demonstrate, to reveal, to indicate, to exhibit

#114 — animal footprint

#115 — grain, cereal

#116 — hole, cave

#117 — to stand, to make erect, to establish

#118 — bamboo

#119 — rice

#120 — thin silk, fine thread

#120 — level, grade, class/rank

#121 — pot, jar

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