刃
rèn

knife edge

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Pictograph of a knife. Similar to 刀 (knife), with an added dot marking where the blade is.

Components

刀
刀 Iconic component
dāo knife
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts where the knife blade is.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyinHnə[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)