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This character is usually written as the top component of a character such as in 冬, 各, 㣊, 夅, 夆, 备 or as a side component in 处, 処 and is not to be confused with 夊 which is often written as the bottom component of a character or 攵 which is often written as the right component of a character.
Pictogram (象形) of a footprint pointing down. See 夊(suī), which represents a variant of this character. Shuowen: Ideogram (指事) – two legs (𠂊) followed by something from behind (㇏) – to approach from behind. However, all Xu Shen's interpretations are not based on oracle bones and Zhou bronzes.
Unrelated to 冬, in which the top component represents a rope with a knot on top (today 終).
Etymology 2
Pictogram (象形) – the knot at the end of a rope; ancient form of 終 (" end").
