叚
jiǎ HSK2

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Original meaning: whetstone

Depicts a hand (又) sharpening a knife (刀) on a stone (石). Based on the original meaning "whetstone", now written as 碬. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

石
石 Iconic component
shí stone

Depicts a stone.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 石 than it was in ancient scripts.
刀
刀 Iconic component
dāo knife

Depicts a knife.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 刀 than it was in ancient scripts.
又
又 Iconic component
yòu hand

Depicts a hand.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 13 verified)

假霞暇瑕遐嘏葭蝦瘕豭碬猳煆

Meaning (1)

假

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkaeXCə.kˤraʔ borrow

說文解字

《說文》：“叚，借也。闕。，古文叚。，譚長說叚如此。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.210
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)