削
xiāoxuē HSK7

scrape off

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

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

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-SagartsræwH[sˤ]rewk-szone near the capital
sjak[s]ewkscrape, pare
sjewH[s]ewk-sscrape, pare
Zhengzhangslewɢ
Unicodesiɑk

說文解字

鞞也。一曰析也。从刀肖聲。

Sources

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