Amazing Chinese Characters (311) Reach - 及

 The shell bone script of character Reach is

The top is a person, the bottom is a hand. To reach and catch is the original meaning of the character.

The bronze script of the character is

similar to the shell bone script: the top is a person, the bottom is a hand that has caught the person's leg.

The big seal script of the character is

similar to older scripts, the low part of the leg disappeared. We could imagine that the hand blocked the leg.

The small seal script of the character is

similar to the big seal script except the arm very long.

The clerical script of the character is

similar but not clear any more. If you didn't know the older scripts, you may not see "Person" and "Hand".

The song typeface of the character is

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same as its clerical script.

Its Pinyin is Ji1.