The big seal script of character Elder Brother is
The top is character Twenty (Post 740), under which is a person. One person is twenty years old. In 3500+ years ago, men generally reached adulthood at the age of 20 (marked by the 'Capping Ceremony'), which meant they had officially come of age, were beginning to enter society, and were required to engage in social interactions with a formal identity. The character originally means that the person is 20 years old, an adult who can take responsibility of the society.
The character meaning changed to Elder Brother, probably because the elder brother is the first sibling to reach 20. It is a person who is old enough to do decent public work with voting right.
The bronze script of character Elder Brother is
The top is changed to character Mouth (Post 16), which is wrong even though it is similar to character Twenty. The bottom is character Person.
The small seal script of the character is
The top is similar to bronze script. The bottom is changed to separated two legs, which is character for Child (Post 285). Child is better than Person in this character because people under 20 were considered as children.
The clerical script of character Elder Brother is
The pinyin of the character is Xiong1.
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