刭
jǐng

cut throat

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

knife

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

剄 cut throat Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkengX[k]ˤeŋʔcut the throat
Zhengzhangkeːŋʔ

說文解字

刑也。从刀坙聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)