cut out

Components

Sound component
kuā exaggerate
Meaning component
dāo knife

knife

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰʷaː
Unicodeko

說文解字

判也。从刀夸聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica