刮铲
guā​chǎn

scraper

刮 guā to scrape, shave

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound.

Components

𠯑
𠯑 Sound component
guā block the mouth
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠯑 than it was in ancient scripts.
刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkwaet[kʷˤ]r[a]t scrape (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“刮，掊把也。从刀，聲。”

Sources

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

铲 chǎn spade Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 产 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鏟.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

产
产 Sound component
chǎn give birth

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鏟 chǎn spade Traditional

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

産
産 Sound component
chǎn give birth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsŋ̊ʰreːnʔ
sŋ̊ʰraːns
Unicodechrɛ̌n

說文解字

鏶也。一曰平𨮯。从金産聲。

Sources

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