戠
zhí

to gather

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Original meaning: wooden stake

Depicts a wooden stake sticking in the ground.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component

Depicts a wooden stake sticking in the ground. The modern form looks the same as 音, but is not originally related.

戈
戈 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyiktək adhere (?)

說文解字

《說文》：“戠，闕。从戈，从音。”

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)