戋
jiān

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approved by Prismcool · Feb 20, 2026, 04:50 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Feb 20, 2026, 04:50 AM

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Original meaning: kill

Simplified form of 戔. Depicts two weapons (戈) facing each other. Based on the original meaning "kill", now written as 殘. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

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

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫何琳儀《戰國古文字典：戰國文字聲系》p.1042
Readings & variants
Unicode