jī​jué

block-print

carving or engraving knife

Components

Sound component
strange
Meaning component
dāo knife

knife

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkral
kralʔ

說文解字

剞𠜾,曲刀也。从刀奇聲。

Sources

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

jué chisel for engraving

Components

Sound component
jué personal pronoun he
Meaning component
dāo knife

knife

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkod

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang