更 (gēng)

to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods

Etymology

Depicts using a whip (攴) to control a succession of chariots (丙). 丙 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "continue; succession". The meaning later shifted to "further" and "more".

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“,改也。从攴,丙聲。”

Original meaning

continue; succession

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