juān​kè

engrave

juān engraving tool Simplified

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
juàn, jùn, zuì superior

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

carve

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch
Change in sound
Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhok[kʰ]ˤək cut, engrave

說文解字

《說文》:“刻,鏤也。从刀,亥聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

engraving tool Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔson
Unicodetziuɛn

說文解字

穿木鐫也。从金雋聲。一曰琢石也。讀若瀸。

Sources

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