qì​kè

carve

qì, xiè, qiè deed

A contract signed by cutting  notches  in wood  

Components

SoundMeaning component
qià to engrave
Meaning component
dà, dài big

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhejH[kʰ]ˤet-s script notches
khetkʰˤet 契闊 hard-working (Ode 31.4)
khetkʰˤet cut

說文解字

《說文》:“契,大約也。从大,从。《易》曰:‘後代聖人易之以書契。’”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

carve

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch
Change in sound
Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhok[kʰ]ˤək cut, engrave

說文解字

《說文》:“刻,鏤也。从刀,亥聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica