zhuó

chisel

Depicts a chisel-shaped tool or weapon. Related to (chisel). Used in to depict a tool to develop land, in as a weapon to conquer territory, and in as an implement to pound something with.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

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Remnant (1)

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzroːwɢ

說文解字

《說文》:“丵,叢生艸也。象丵嶽相竝出也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.169-171Chinese Stack Exchange
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica