halberd with crescent blade

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approved by Prismcool · Nov 4, 2023, 07:28 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Nov 4, 2023, 07:28 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

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Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjaek[k]rak a kind of lance

說文解字

《說文》:“,有枝兵也。从戈、倝。《周禮》:長丈六尺。’讀若棘。”

Sources

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