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qià

to engrave

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Phonosemantic compound. 丯 represents the sound and 刀 represents the meaning. Original form of 契 and 栔.

Components

丯
丯 Sound component
刀
刀 Meaning component

knife

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkheat[k]ʰˤret skilfull engraving (Shuōwén)

說文解字

《說文》：“，巧也。从刀，丰聲。”

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)