Origin

This character is a simple picture of a sheep's head viewed from the front. The two strokes at the top represent the sheep's horns or ears, the horizontal lines in the middle show the face, and the bottom suggests the body or chin. Over time, as writing became more stylized and geometric, the original animal drawing was simplified into the abstract pattern of straight lines we see today, but the connection to the sheep's appearance remained clear enough that the character kept its meaning.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Pictographic or simple.