guǎ

bone

Pictograph of bones. Original form of (bone).

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (4)

Sound (3)

Simplified (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwaeXkʷˤrajʔ cut meat from the bone

說文解字

《說文》:“冎,剔人肉置其骨也。象形,頭隆骨也。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica