戜
dié

to scrape

Phonosemantic compound. 呈 represents the sound and 戈 represents the meaning.

Components

戈
戈 Meaning component
gē spear
呈
呈 Sound component
chéng submit
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'iːɡ

說文解字

《說文》:“戜,利也。一曰剔也。从戈,呈聲。”

Sources

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