胠
qū

open

To leave 去 in the flesh ⺼; 去 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh
去
去 SoundMeaning component
qù go away

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjæp[kʰ]<r>aparmpit; right wing of an army
Zhengzhangkʰa
kʰas
kʰab

說文解字

亦下也。从肉去聲。

Sources

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