bore with awl

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
máo spear
Sound component
slow-tongued
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 6 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷid

說文解字

《說文》:“矞,以錐有所穿也。从矛,从。一曰滿有所出也。”

Sources

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