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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC 
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC 
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: wound, injury
Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 倉 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "wound, injury". The meaning "begin, establish" is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsrhjang | [tsʰ]raŋ | wound (v.) |
| tsrhjangH | [tsʰ]raŋ-s | begin |
說文解字
《說文》：“刅，傷也。从刃，从一。創，或从刀，倉聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)