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chèwén

remove, take away

Ancient form of 撤. Depicts a hand (攴) removing tableware (鬲) once a meal is finished.

Components

鬲
鬲 Iconic component
gé, lì, è type of cauldron with three hollow legs
攴
攴 Iconic component
pū tap

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2)

撤徹

Meaning (1)

撤

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“徹，通也。从彳，从攴，从育。，古文徹。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)