坑杀 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

kēng pit

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound. Simplified form of 阬.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

亢 Sound component

kàng, gāng, gēng high

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		kʰraːŋ
Unicode	kæng

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

shā kill Simplified

Simplified form of 殺. Depicts a person being decapitated.

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Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.231-232
Readings & variants: Unicode

shā kill Traditional

Depicts a person being decapitated (杀) with a weapon (殳).

Components

杀 Iconic component

shā kill

Depicts a person being decapitated.

殳 Iconic component

shū weapon or tool

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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鎩

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sreat	s<r>at	kill
	sreajH	s<r>at-s	diminish

說文解字

《說文》：“殺，戮也。从殳，杀聲。，古文殺；，古文殺；，古文殺。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.231-232
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

坑 kēng pit

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杀 shā kill Simplified

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殺 shā kill Traditional

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說文解字

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kēng pit

shā kill Simplified

shā kill Traditional