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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC Regular Modern
Component breakdown
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Pictograph of a knife. Similar to 刀 (knife), with an added dot marking where the blade is.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | nyinH | nə[n]-s | edge of a blade |
說文解字
《說文》：“刃，刀堅也。象刀有刃之形。”
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)