Depicts a chisel-shaped tool or weapon. Related to 鑿 (chisel). Used in 對 to depict a tool to develop land, in 業 as a weapon to conquer territory, and in 菐 as an implement to pound something with.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | zroːwɢ |
說文解字
《說文》:“丵,叢生艸也。象丵嶽相竝出也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.169-171Chinese Stack Exchange
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)