Originally a pictograph of a saw cutting off a person's foot. Later the character was changed to a phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 月 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ngwaet | [ŋ]ʷˤ<r>at | amputate a foot |
說文解字
《說文》：“刖，絕也。从刀，月聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)