zhé

to dismember

Components

Meaning component
shí stone

rock

Sound component
jié cruel

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrtaːɡ
Unicodedjæk

說文解字

辜也。从桀石聲。

Sources

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