Amazing Chinese Characters (454) Here - 此

  The shell bone script of character Dragger is

The left is character Foot (Post 93), the right is character Person (Post 37), but facing right (original Person is facing left). A foot of the person is where he stands: here he is.

The bronze script of the character is

The left is Foot, the right is Person.

The big seal script of the character is

The left is Foot, the right is Person.

The small seal script of the character is

The left is Foot, the right is character 匕 - Dragger (Post 453). Just I discussed in Post 453, character 匕 is not clear on its meaning, originally is Person, but gradually shifting to Dragger. From the meaning of this character, the right part should be a Person, not a Dragger. 

If we re-read Post 453, the right part originally means Mother, so "A foot near Mother" means a physical and mental home for anyone: Here, I am from Here, belong to Here. 

The clerical script of the character is

The left is Foot, the right is character 匕. 

The song typeface of the character is 

此

Same as clerical script. 

The pinyin of character 此 is Ci3.