铩
shā

moult samarium

A metal 钅 weapon 杀

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal
杀
杀 Meaning component
shā kill

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鎩 moult samarium Traditional

A metal 釒 weapon 殺

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
殺
殺 Meaning component
shā kill

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsreːds
srads
sreːd
Unicodeshræ̀i

說文解字

鈹有鐸也。从金殺聲。

Sources

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