割腕
gē​wàn

slit wrists

割 gē cut

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

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

害
害 Sound component
hài, hai injure

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkatCə-kˤatcut (v.); harm (v.)
Zhengzhangkaːd
Unicodegɑt

說文解字

剥也。从刀害聲。

Sources

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

腕 wàn wrist

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 宛 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

宛
宛 Sound component
wǎn, yuān, yǔn winding

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqoːns
Unicodequɑ̀n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang