㱿
quèhùqiǎng

to strike from above

Original meaning: to strike a musical instrument

Depicts a hand holding a mallet or stick (殳) striking a musical instrument. The component originally depicting a musical instrument was later reanalyzed as a sound component (𡉉). Based on the original meaning "to strike a musical instrument". The meaning later shifted to "to strike from above".

Components

𡉉
𡉉 Sound component
què yurt

Originally depicted a hanging musical instrument. Later reanalyzed into sound component 𡉉.

殳
殳 Iconic component
shū weapon or tool

Depicts a hand holding a mallet or a stick.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (5 of 6 verified)

壳毂觳穀轂殼

Remnant (1)

壳

說文解字

《說文》：“，从上擊下也。一曰素也。从殳，聲。段玉裁注：“俗作‘殼’，或作‘’。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.227Wiktionary
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)