坎卦
kǎn​guà

Kan hexagram

坎 kǎn pit

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 欠 represents the sound. Simplified form of 埳.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
欠
欠 Sound component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

莰

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhomX[k]ʰˤomʔpit (n.)
Zhengzhangkʰoːmʔ
kʰoːms
Unicodekǒm

說文解字

陷也。从土欠聲。

Sources

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

卦 guà fortune telling

Phonosemantic compound. 卜 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top
卜
卜 Meaning component
bo fortune telling

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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 (1 of 2 verified)

褂掛

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkweaH[k]ʷˤre-s prognosticate with Achillea

說文解字

《說文》：“卦，筮也。从卜，圭聲。”

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)