诀
jué HSK7

take leave of

Words 讠 said at a parting 夬; 夬 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
夬
夬 SoundMeaning component
guài, jué parted

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

訣 take leave of Traditional

Words 言 said at a parting 夬; 夬 also provides the pronunciation

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
夬
夬 SoundMeaning component
guài, jué parted

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkwet[k]ʷˤetfarewell words
Zhengzhangkʷeːd
Unicodeguet

說文解字

訣别也。一曰法也。从言，決省聲。

Sources

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