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cán

to damage and pierce

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approved by Prismcool · Feb 13, 2026, 02:45 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Feb 13, 2026, 02:45 AM

digging tool

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Depicts a hand (又) breaking a wooden post or using a digging tool (歺).

Components

歺
歺 Iconic component
è, cān, dǎi cracked wooden post

Depicts a cracked wooden post or digging tool.

又
又 Iconic component
yòu hand

Depicts a hand.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“，殘穿也。从又，从歺。讀若殘。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.332漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)