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The two graphemes of oracle script (early forms of Chinese characters) which are identified as yi 夷 or shi 尸. They are interpreted as pictures of a man's sitting posture from a lateral view.

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  • Matsumaru Michio 松丸道雄 and Takashima Ken'ichi 高嶋謙一 ed., Kōkotsumoji Jishaku Sōran 甲骨文字字釋綜覽, p. 252, 1994.

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