诀窍
jué​qiào HSK7

knack

诀 jué take leave of Simplified

Words 讠 said at a parting 夬; 夬 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
夬
夬 SoundMeaning component
guài, jué parted

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

窍 qiào hole Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 巧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 竅.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
巧
巧 Sound component
qiǎo skillful

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

訣 take leave of Traditional

Words 言 said at a parting 夬; 夬 also provides the pronunciation

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
夬
夬 SoundMeaning component
guài, jué parted

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkwet[k]ʷˤetfarewell words
Zhengzhangkʷeːd
Unicodeguet

說文解字

訣别也。一曰法也。从言，決省聲。

Sources

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

竅 hole Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 敫 represents the sound.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
敫
敫 Sound component
jiǎo, qiāo, jiào shining light

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhewH[k]ʰˤewk-shole, opening
Zhengzhangkʰleːwɢs

說文解字

空也。从穴敫聲。

Sources

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