勾销
gōu​xiāo

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勾 gōu hook

勾 originated as a variant of 句. 口 represents the sound and 丩 represents the meaning and the sound.

Components

丩
丩 SoundMeaning component
jiū join
口
口 Sound component
kǒu, kou mouth
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 口 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (3 of 5 verified)

构购沟钩鈎

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

钩鈎

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkuw[k]ˤ(r)ocurved
kuwH[k]ˤ(r)ok-sloan for 彀 draw a bow to the full
Zhengzhangkoː
koːs

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

销 xiāo melt, sell Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 銷.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

銷 xiāo melt, sell Traditional

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

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsew
Unicodesiɛu

說文解字

《說文》：“銷，鑠金也。从金，肖聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)