歺
cān

cracked wooden post

  • edit character approved 歺 — "changed description" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Depicts a wooden post or digging tool with a cracked bottom. Similar to 才. → Pictograph of a wooden post or digging tool with a cracked bottom. Similar to 才 and 弋.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved 歺 — "changed origin" by Prismcool
    Gloss
    bone remnants → cracked wooden post
    Hint
    Depicts skeletal remains from a carcass. → Depicts a wooden post or digging tool with a cracked bottom. Similar to 才.
    Sources
    • 漢語多功能字庫
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.333
    • - 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2405
    • - 林志強《《文源》評注》p.126

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  • edit character approved 歺 — "Changed explanation and added source" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Depicts a broken bone. → Depicts skeletal remains from a carcass.
    Sources
    • 漢語多功能字庫
    • 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2405
    • + 林志強《《文源》評注》p.126

    Changed: hint, sources

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  • edit character approved 歺 — "Changed etymology" by Prismcool
    Gloss
    corpse, carcass → bone remnants
    Hint
    Depicts bones from a carcass. → Depicts a broken bone.
    Sources

    Changed: gloss, hint, sources

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  • edit character approved 歺 — "carcass" by Peter Olson
    Gloss
    vicious → corpse, carcass
    Hint
    Variant of 歹. Origin unclear. Possibly depicts bones from a carcass. → Depicts bones from a carcass.

    Changed: gloss, hint

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  • edit character approved 歺 — "verify, add source" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Pictograph of a wooden post or digging tool with a cracked bottom. Similar to 才 and 弋. → Variant of 歹. Origin unclear. Possibly depicts bones from a carcass.
    Sources

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources

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