剀
kǎi

sharpen

Components

岂
岂 Sound component
qǐ victorious music, happy
刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

knife

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

剴 sharpen Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkŋɯːl
ŋɯːl

說文解字

大鎌也。一曰摩也。从刀豈聲。

Sources

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