厥
jué

personal pronoun he

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approved by inralback19 · May 10, 2026, 01:03 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on May 11, 2026, 07:27 AM

keeping it consistent

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Original meaning: to shoot stones

Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 欮 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to shoot stones". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

厂
厂 Meaning component
chǎng cliff, (roof)
欮
欮 Sound component
jué uprising qi counterflow

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjwotkot (3p possessive pronoun)

說文解字

《說文》：“厥，發石也。从厂，欮聲。”

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)