厝
cuò

cut or engrave

A building 厂 containing the past 昔

Components

厂
厂 Meaning component
chǎng cliff, (roof)
昔
昔 Meaning component
xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰaːɡs
sʰaːɡ

說文解字

厲石也。从厂㫺聲。《詩》曰：“他山之石，可以爲𠪞。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)