刻 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

kè HSK2

carve

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verify

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Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 亥 represents the sound.

Components

亥 Sound component

Change in sound

刻 and 亥 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

刂 Meaning component

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khok	[kʰ]ˤək	cut, engrave

《說文》：“刻，鏤也。从刀，亥聲。”