朔
shuò

first day of lunar month

Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 屰 represents the sound.

Components

月
月 Meaning component
yuè, yue moon
屰
屰 Sound component
nì, pò, jí disobedient
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Xin 9-23 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 6 verified)

塑嗍槊蒴搠愬

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

溯

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsraewks-ŋrak 1st day of month

說文解字

《說文》：“朔，月一日始蘇也。从月，屰聲。”

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)