陡削 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dǒuxiāo

precipitous

dǒu steep

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 走 represents the sound.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

走 Sound component

zǒu walk

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	toːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

xuē, xiāo scrape off

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

刂 Meaning component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

肖 Sound component

xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sræwH	[sˤ]rewk-s	zone near the capital
	sjak	[s]ewk	scrape, pare
	sjewH	[s]ewk-s	scrape, pare
Zhengzhang		slewɢ
Unicode	siɑk

說文解字

鞞也。一曰析也。从刀肖聲。

Sources

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