Another Short History of Linguistics (27)

The development of也 is:

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No matter how to quest, one could not think the original 也 looked like female. Until someone said that in ancient time they though woman was a worm 虫， I think it looked a little bit like:

http://dict.shufaji.com/datafile/up/8/201008250020201385p.gif

The number six of 也 could be look like:

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That means to say every symbol had changed time to time until finally you could not find the original clue.