契箭
qì​jiàn

command arrow

契 qì, xiè, qiè deed

A contract signed by cutting  notches 㓞 in wood  大

Components

㓞
㓞 SoundMeaning component
qià to engrave
大
大 Meaning component
dà, dài big

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

楔锲葜禊鍥

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

锲鍥

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhejH[kʰ]ˤet-s script notches
khetkʰˤet 契闊 hard-working (Ode 31.4)
khetkʰˤet cut

說文解字

《說文》：“契，大約也。从大，从。《易》曰：‘後代聖人易之以書契。’”

Sources

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

箭 jiàn arrow

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 前 represents the sound.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

前
前 Sound component
qián in front

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsjenH[ts]en-s arrow

說文解字

《說文》：“箭，矢也。从竹，前聲。”

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)