qiāng

kill

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
pán, qiáng piece of wood
Meaning component
spear

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːl
ʔsaːŋ
zaŋ

說文解字

《說文》:“戕,槍也。他國臣來弒君曰戕。从戈,爿聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica