yǎng​gē

oxy-cut

yǎng oxygen

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
qì, qi air
Sound component
yáng sheep

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

cut

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

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